Standby call Sample Clauses
Standby call. An employee on standby call status is one who is assigned to be available for work on a call-back basis. Employees and management are encouraged and expected to reach consensus on a system of assigned call within their applicable department or unit. In the event that a consensus cannot be reached, standby call shall first be assigned on a voluntary basis. If there are not sufficient volunteers, standby call shall be assigned on a reverse seniority basis. If assignment of call on the foregoing basis proves unachievable because it has a disproportionate impact on a particular employee or employees, then standby call shall be assigned on a more equitable basis. Compensation for standby status shall be $3.75 per hour. Employees called in to work from call status, who are not otherwise entitled to compensation at a higher premium rate, shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1½ x) the regular rate of pay. An employee who is called into work is no longer on standby status, and therefore is no longer eligible for standby call pay.
Standby call. An employee on standby call status is one who is assigned to be available for work on a call-back basis. Employees and management are encouraged and expected to reach consensus on a system of assigned call within their applicable department or unit.
Standby call. All nurses shall receive standby pay of three dollars fifty cents ($3.50) per hour ($4.50 on the holidays set forth in Article 15) for every hour when they are on standby to be called to work at the Hospital. A nurse required to remain on the premises shall be paid at straight time or higher if required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Standby call a. Nurses may be placed on standby call for a regularly scheduled shift by the Patient Care Services Department or by their own Department (Reference Article 2, Section B (Seniority) Seniority G & H). At the election of the RN, standby status, for a maximum of eight (8) hours may be substituted for reporting pay to which the RN may be entitled.
b. Patient Care Services may utilize standby assignments for personnel of its selection as a substitute for a temporary reduction in force. All time scheduled as standby shall be compensated at the rate of $3.75 per hour. When such associates are called out to work on a regularly assigned shift, they shall be compensated at their regular rate for the balance of their shift. When called out for work on other than a regularly assigned shift, they shall be compensated at 1 ½ times their regular rate and guaranteed a minimum of 3 hours. If called out a second time within these first 3 hours, they shall be paid 1 ½ times their regular rate but not paid for a new guarantee of another 3 hours. A nurse will be granted an 8 hour rest period between the end of the on-call callout and the next scheduled shift or be paid 1 ½ times their regular rate for the first four hours of the scheduled shift (decision to be made at the discretion of the clinical director/ house supervisor).
c. Associates called back between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00
a. m. shall continue to be paid overtime in accordance with the above paragraph. Call backs after 5:00 a.m. shall be considered an Early Call Out and shall be compensated at 1 ½ times their regular rate and guaranteed a minimum of 3 hours. Hours worked beyond the first 3 hours shall be compensated at straight time.
d. Effective 3.13.2020: Standby Call will increase to $4.00 per hour.
a. Voluntary Standby Call - When it is determined that nurses must be placed on standby call, an initial request for volunteers to meet these needs will be requested by the clinical directors.
1) Cath Lab and Surgical Services Registered Nurses who sign up for Voluntary Standby call, to meet unplanned department scheduling needs, will be paid a $50.00 per shift premium for every call shift covered within 48 hours of notification.
2) If the standby needs are not satisfied by volunteers, Patient Care Services will then move to implement Mandatory Standby Call.