Understanding Differentials and Overtime

That's quite a nice differential!!!

Sorry, I forgot to answer the question I was so in Awe of the shift dif..I think almost always the overtime is based on the hourly without the differential....Am I right there?

Wow, $9 shift differental for nights? Here it's usually 3 or 4 dollars.

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https://allnurses.com/forums/f141/florida-hospital-orlando-328841.html

Although you can't read everything you read on the internet, I just used it as a point of reference.

I'm trying to understand...

Let's presume a $21/hr base in a FL hospital working overnights. The differential is $9/hr. Is there always a differential added on to the hourly b/c it's overnight? Also, is overtime calculated with the differential? I'm gonna take a stab at a 48 hrs...4 12-hr shifts.

Ex. $21+$9=$30/hr

$30 x 40 = $1200

$30 x 1.5 = $45/hr-ot

$45 x 8 hrs = $360/8hr-ot pay

$1200 + $360 = $1560/wk

In my institution, OT is based upon my hourly rate which includes the diff. I work night shift. Not all hospitals pay a diff, you have to find out about the insitution you're looking at. I've been at some that paid a great diff, some that paid nothing.

Wow great diff!!!

Where I work it would be figured differently. Using your numbers:

48hrs X $21 = 1008.00

48hrs X $9 (NOC) = 432.00

8hrs (OT) X (21 X .5) = 84.00 *** OT is 1.5 X base pay, base pay is included in the 1st line

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$1524.00/wk of course that's before taxes,...after taxes it's about $56.95

Thanks for the help!

You need to check with the institution because it can vary from place to place. The last hospital I worked at calculated OT including the diffs, my current hospital does not. Diffs for nights can also vary. A 9 dollar night diff may not always be paid through out your entire shift. Again it all depends on place.

Where I've worked, overtime is either anything over the shift you were scheduled to work, or anything over 40 hours for the week.

Interesting thread and I am glad that someone brought this up. I would like other's interpretation of the following:

"Overtime is to be calculated at one and one-half times an employee's hourly base rate of pay, including shift differential, if applicable."

I interpret this to mean that if base pay is 32/hr, differential is 4/hr for an hourly wage of 36/hr then overtime would be calculated to be 54/hr. What do you all think?

$1524.00/wk of course that's before taxes,...after taxes it's about $56.95

LOL, ain't that the truth!!