Surge Pay

[Icualltheway]

I work at a hospital in Atlanta, GA that has been having some staffing issues. A way that upper management has been trying to get us to come in and work overtime has been through surge pay. Our surge pay is time and a half plus $2. I honestly feel like that is almost an insult considering how busy we are. I have heard of other facilities receiving time and a half plus $10 or even $20. My unit is meeting with upper leadership this week and I was wondering if y'all could give me ideas of what other facilities receive and what city y'all are in. Thank you

[JadedCPN, BSN, RN]

Hourly rate (or time and a half if it will put you into overtime) plus $12.50/hour extra.

[turtlesRcool]

Is the 1.5 for the whole shift, even if you haven't hit the 40-hour mark that would give you 1.5x pay? Because if it is, that's great for someone with 24 or 32 control hours. My hospital sometimes offers incentives of $50 per 4 hours in addition to whatever your pay would be. If you're still in regular pay, that's what you get. If you've crossed into overtime, you get your 1.5x. The $50/4hrs just gets added on top.

I have 32 control hours (4 8-hour shifts), but usually work more like 35 now that we have a really time-consuming bedside report process. When I pick up, I try to squeeze 2 shifts into one week rather than 1 shift each for two weeks so more of my picked-up shift is OT.