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My wife works in the Nursing world; she is a supervisor but paid Hourly non union, her posistion is not concidered management.
Part of her job duties is to take an on call Rotation every 4th week she needs to be available 24 hours a day for 7 days for phone calles and to possiabley have to go in to her work place if needed.
For being on call she gets about $30.00 a day.
During the week most of her calls are handled over the phone handling call outs and small issues that arise. Once in a while she will have to go in to cover a shift if no one is available.
Most calls take about 15 min to a half hour. However over the course of the week this can add up to 5 or 6 hours sometimes even more.
The question is this time spent on the phone handling work issues is this “Time Worked”, and should it be paid at her hourly rate + time in a half ?
Right now the only pay they receive is the “On call pay”…and only receive their hourly rate if they actually go in and punch in.
I also take a call rotation in a technical field. I get an “on call pay” which is a little more generous, I know On call pay isn’t required by law. However once my pager goes off or my phone rings I am "on the clock"…and I get a 3 hour minimum at my rate +time in a half rounded up to the 1/4 hour.
I always thought that the On Call Pay was only for the inconvieance of having to be available locally to your work area not able to have a drink with friends at the Sunday BBQ ect or go to your cousins wedding that is 100 miles away.
Just wondering if this is just my company policy vs hers or is her company violating any Labor Laws?
Thank you
My wife works in the Nursing world; she is a supervisor but paid Hourly non union, her posistion is not concidered management.
Part of her job duties is to take an on call Rotation every 4th week she needs to be available 24 hours a day for 7 days for phone calles and to possiabley have to go in to her work place if needed.
For being on call she gets about $30.00 a day.
During the week most of her calls are handled over the phone handling call outs and small issues that arise. Once in a while she will have to go in to cover a shift if no one is available.
Most calls take about 15 min to a half hour. However over the course of the week this can add up to 5 or 6 hours sometimes even more.
The question is this time spent on the phone handling work issues is this “Time Worked”, and should it be paid at her hourly rate + time in a half ?
Right now the only pay they receive is the “On call pay”…and only receive their hourly rate if they actually go in and punch in.
I also take a call rotation in a technical field. I get an “on call pay” which is a little more generous, I know On call pay isn’t required by law. However once my pager goes off or my phone rings I am "on the clock"…and I get a 3 hour minimum at my rate +time in a half rounded up to the 1/4 hour.
I always thought that the On Call Pay was only for the inconvieance of having to be available locally to your work area not able to have a drink with friends at the Sunday BBQ ect or go to your cousins wedding that is 100 miles away.
Just wondering if this is just my company policy vs hers or is her company violating any Labor Laws?
Thank you
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