Staff Meetings

[MayBaby]

Do you think getting paid to attend staff meetings are a right or a privilege? The hospital where I work does not pay their employees for attending staff meetings. My staff meetings are held at times I am never scheduled to work. I end up having to pay for parking which is costly depending on how long the meetings are or use public transportation which can be costly and time consuming. Management states that not attending meetings is a negative mark against my job performance and affects my yearly raise. I feel I should be paid my hourly rate while in attendance at the monthly staff meetings to compensate me for my out of pocket expenses, my time, and doing required "work related" learning.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

If I'm at work, I'll stay over on the clock for a staff meeting, as the day shift who clocks in does. But they are not required to pay us for staff meetings, only mandatory meetings. I never come in on my day off for staff meetings.

[MayBaby]

Thank you, this is exactly how I feel.

[SmilingBluEyes]

We get paid to attend staff meetings....when you are mandated on "company time" you need to be paid for it. Sure seems simple to me.

[unknown99, BSN, RN]

If the meeting is on our time off and we go to it, we get our hourly wage, and get paid for an hour ifthe meeting doesn't last thatt long. However, if the meeting is during the time that we are on duty, then, no, we do not get paid extra.