Unpaid orientation LTC

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Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be joining allnurses. Yay! :)

Anyway, I am a new grad and recently passed my nclex. i've been looking for jobs and I was offered to work in an LTC. But then, they told me that my orientation will not be paid. I was wondering if this is normal or even legal?

Thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts.

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

What if you hurt your back? You wouldn't be covered. I do not believe this is legal and i wouldn't touch a patient if I was not a paid employee.

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

"thank you so much, but I require an employer that offers paid orientation"

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Specializes in Rehab, LTC, Peds, Hospice.

No. It's not legal. Can I hold a 1 day unpaid training for new hires? | Human Resource Blog

After you find a job notify the Department of Labor

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"What if you hurt your back? You wouldn't be covered. I do not believe this is legal and i wouldn't touch a patient if I was not a paid employee"

you have a point Crunch. Thank you so much. I really should be more aware of legalities and consequences of things if I agree to do something

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

What if you make a mistake and a patient has problems? Or what if you don't make a mistake and a grouchy person decides to make an issue of something that has a thread to you?

You wouldn't be covered by anyone's insurance.

Do not do this.

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

Woah, that is scary that they would even ask you to undergo orientation unpaid. Maybe, if you wanted to visualize or shadow your preceptor and NOT TOUCH any patient physically or even contribute to care...I would agree. But as far as actually handling the patient's medications or touching a patient or communicating orders for staff there. I would definitely NOT agree to be unpaid. You have a license to protect. Do not jeopardize it.

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"I appreciate your offer, however, my current financial situation does not permit me to spend time unpaid at my place of employment. I wish you luck in finding a candidate who can meet your requirements." AND DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB NO MATTER WHAT! They will chew you up.

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Please keep us updated, I truly hope you didn't take this job, I'm sure you'll find something better, good luck on your job search

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I could understand doing a job shadow, I've done a couple of those during the interview process. But NEVER during orientation! I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's not legal and an employer has to pay you for all your time worked.. When I started back with my facility after being gone for a year and went through all the general orientation stuff the HR director let me take an orientation binder home to read to read through rather then gave me sit there and read it all, and they paid me for two hours even though I wasn't in the building.

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Specializes in Neurosciences, stepdown, acute rehab, LTC.

Do not work for that company. Thats exploitation and its hugely unethical. I can't imagine all the other bad things that go on in there.

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I wouldn't be worried about appearing ungrateful to this place! If you are a pushover this would be the worst place for you. This is the biggest red flag ever!

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Don't worry about appearing ungrateful or unprofessional. They are attempting to take advantage of you.

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