When doing shift trades, can you?

[SouthpawRN]

Just curious, when doing shift trades, can you do a trade outside the specific pay period? for example, work for someone this period and they do a shift for you 2 months down the road?

[SmilingBluEyes]

It can be done where I am. You would have to ask your manager, however, how it works where you are.

[Sour Lemon]

Just curious, when doing shift trades, can you do a trade outside the specific pay period? for example, work for someone this period and they do a shift for you 2 months down the road?

Often, the answer is no. That set up usually gives both employees a full shift of overtime despite no extra hours worked. It may be approved very occasionally, though.

[Cvepo]

We can only do that for trading holidays, but that's more of an answer your scheduler would know. Every hospital has different policies

[llg, PhD, RN]

Another reason it might not be allowed is to prevent people who are planning to leave soon from arranging a whole bunch of switches that are good for them right now -- and then not fulfilling their end of the bargain when their turn to "pay it back" comes along in 2 months. "Oh sure, I'll work that shift for you in 2 months if you will just do me this favor next week" ... and then not be there in 2 months to work the shift as promised.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

In my experience, you can switch weekends or holidays but you'll have to either use PTO or make up the additional hours somewhere else in the pay period - and you can't generate overtime unless approved.

For example, you and I can switch Thanksgiving and Christmas, but that doesn't mean I'm working overtime, I just will have a different day off than Thanksgiving.

But it all depends on policy.