Work holdover/mandate

[kgirl22]

At the hospital I work in, we are mandated/held over fairly regularly.  If I am held over I end doing a 16-hour shift.  The last time I was held over I did not clock out until 2 am because I was waiting for my replacement.(she was a float nurse and was finishing on her floor).  I contacted our house supervisor and she allowed me to come in at 11 am the next day.  This happened about a year ago.  I have been mandated multiple times since but fortunately have not had to be back the next day.  We received an email yesterday stating that if we are held over we are still expected to come in at the normal time the next day.  We can make arrangements with the house supervisor to come in later but it will not be considered a holdover at that point but will be considered a shift swap.  Which basically means they would be able to hold us over more frequently.  I feel like this is so unfair and borderline illegal.  Any thoughts?  I feel like we should at least have 8 hours in between and if it's only 8 hours it should still count as a mandate. 

[Guest 1152923]

    I would further investigate your particular state's labor laws or if a union facility, the fine print of the RN contract.  I can't say with absolute certainty, that 8 hours is the required minimum between shifts but this is what I was always led to believe.

 

 

 

[amoLucia]

7 hours ago, morelostthanfound said:

....  I can't say with absolute certainty, that 8 hours is the required minimum between shifts but this is what I was always led to believe.

 

 

 

I believe it's 4 hours - 16 hours is the max # hours allowed as worked.

[Sweetheart2005, ASN]

Don’t quote me, I’d have to look it up, but I think I read somewhere (maybe a state site? I’m fairly confident I got from a reliable source) they can mandate to work up to 16 hours max but must give 10 hours between shifts greater than 12 hours unless the person who stays volunteered less time between shifts. Cannot be mandated.