TorresA Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I work at a job (IT helpdesk area) that ever 6 weeks or so we are "on call". Basically this requires us to have a pager and after hours (Normal business hours are 7:30-5:30) if someone calls, they leave a message, the pager goes off, you check the message and call them back. Well technically we don't get paid for this time we are on call. If someone calls and I have to call them back and troubleshoot the situation I can mark this on my time sheet. But if I get no call the whole week then I don't mark any extra time on the time sheet. We were mentioning this in our office, what rights does a worker have in this situation? I mean technically out of working ours is not truly mine during this time when on call, I would be able to go out of town a weekend when on call, and the issue am I able to get wasted while having the pager? To me I don't think there is anything wrong with being sober and not leaving as long as I get compensated. Just curious on other's opinions and situation at other jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm not sure about the state laws where you live but currently I'm going to court against a former company for unpaid wages because I was not paid overtime hours. You'd have to find laws specific to your state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm23 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I work for the state and I'm a network engineer. We get paid $1.25/hr we are on call outside of working hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHateIggles Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I am a server specialist and when I am on call I get $2 an hour on weekdays and $2.50 on weekends/holidays. Can't get drunk and must stay within 1 hour of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mass_SkinsFan Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I work as a designer and a System Operator for the electric utility company here in the area. We're On-Call every seven weeks in teams of two (plus most teams have a trainee as a third person). We're On-Call from 7:00am on one Friday until 7:00am the next Friday. M-F from 7am until 3:30pm there's a daytime operator who takes care of things but all weekend and from 3:30pm until 7:00am we have to be available to respond on a moment's notice. We are not allowed to drink ANY alcohol during the on-call week and must always be within 50 miles (1 hour travel time) of the Worcester office. I've had weeks where I've racked up 50-70 hours of OT and others where I've had less than 10 hours. All depends on the week. Definitely stressful and annoying though, despite the $45 an hour emergency pay rate and $200 stipend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm an MIS Manager and you should be paid for the burden of carrying the pager. We pay an hour of OT a day for carrying the pager. Employment legalities have come up because no actual work was being performed for the hour of OT so we are considering changing our reimbursement package to a stipend (something to the effect of $20 a day and $50 per weekend). You should bring this up to your manager and HR. You are having to sacrifice your nights and weekends and should be compensated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingchente Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I work in the Sales Office of a full service hotel. Recently they have required us to start working manager on duty shifts every 5 weeks. This basically involves me being in charge of the entire hotel from 5-10pm on either Friday or Saturday night. I'm the only non-department head that is required to do this. We get no overtime or comp time for doing this. The thing that really sucks, is not being a dept head, I don't really have any "extra" work I could do. I finish all my work and still usually have a few hours a day to dick around. A typical Friday for me, I come in at 8am, am done by 10am and then spend the rest of the day dicking around hoping the phone rings. As you can imagine I'm really looking forward to my first Friday MOD shift this week. 12 hours sitting here with absolutely nothing to do and knowing I'm not getting paid for the last 5hrs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorresA Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 You should bring this up to your manager and HR. You are having to sacrifice your nights and weekends and should be compensated. I was told that one time it was brought up to HR but they said something along the lines that we aren't essential because it's not life threatening, such as working at a hospital. But I dunno how much HR really researched it. I do work at a state agency, so figured I could get info somewhere but no idea where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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