Question about part-time job description and the hours!

[ILNurse728]

Hi,

I am on the search for a part-time nursing position that is benefit eligible and I'm a little confused with the number (64 hrs) the company puts in the job description. What does the 64 hours mean?

It seems like it varies with the different jobs the company posts. Like another nursing position the same company posted that is also part-time, said '72 hrs'.

This is the example:

Part-time (Benefit Eligible) · 64 hrs. bi-weekly · Varied Shifts · Weekends, Holidays and every other weekend

[amoLucia]

You'll likely find that they are offering a position that staffs four eight-hour shifts per week (4 times 8 = 32 hrs weekly, then times that by 2 [2 times 32 = 64] for a 2 week biweekly pay-period, equaling the 64 hours).

Within that weekly 32 hours will be a requirement to do weekends and holidays.

A 72 hr pay-period would be 4 days one week, and 5 days the second week (nine shifts times eight hours equals the 72 hrs).

I have a feeling that they're so specific because they're leaving room for overtime which would finish out a 40 hour work period BEFORE there would be time & half OVERTIME pay paid out. A sneaky way that HR/payroll gets around the rule for "time & half for 80 hours WORKED". You'd get paid for all the hours you would work, but the last 8 or 16 hours would be at STRAIGHT TIME.