Common use of Bonus Shift Clause in Contracts

Bonus Shift. If a shift needs to be filled due to urgent circumstances (such as a nurse calling in sick) the Hospital may designate the shift as a “bonus shift.” Regular full-time nurses that work a bonus shift beyond their status will receive compensation at double time. Part- time nurses that work a bonus shift beyond their status will receive compensation at time and one half (1½) their base rate of pay. Once a bonus shift is scheduled, the nurse is obligated to work both that shift and his/her regularly scheduled shift(s). A nurse who calls in sick within the week of the bonus shift will not be eligible for bonus shift premium pay for that shift. A nurse who is low censused within the week of the bonus shift will remain eligible for bonus shift premium. A nurse who works a bonus shift that does not qualify for bonus shift pay because of the nurse’s failure to work his/her regularly scheduled hours that pay period, will be paid at the nurse’s regular straight time hourly rate.