I earn 14 hours per month. Until this week I also earned Comp Time for each hour over 40 that I work each week. During my 'on call' week it is quite possible to go way over 40 hours. As a salaried employee I don't get overtime so this comp time is valuable. The problem is that it is often difficult to use it all. So.....the upper administration has come up with a plan to give us the time off that we deserve.
We will now be working a 32 hour week, but paid for a 40 hour week. This way, if we accrue tons of hours during on call, we have a day off each week guaranteed. If we don't accrue tons of hours we still get the day off each week. I am excited about the change, especially knowing that after 7 long days being on call I have to work only 2 days before getting a day off instead of another full week.
It will be interesting to see how it works.
Linda
We will now be working a 32 hour week, but paid for a 40 hour week. This way, if we accrue tons of hours during on call, we have a day off each week guaranteed. If we don't accrue tons of hours we still get the day off each week. I am excited about the change, especially knowing that after 7 long days being on call I have to work only 2 days before getting a day off instead of another full week.
It will be interesting to see how it works.
Linda