I work in a group home with adults with developmental disabilities. My job requires me to be at the home from Friday at 3pm thru Monday morning at 9am. I get paid from 6am-11pm but do not get paid from 11pm-6am because I am asleep during those hours while the residents are asleep. However, I'm thinking if I'm required to stay the night there and be on the premisis should anything happen I should be getting paid for those hours regardless of whether I'm sleeping or not. The company I work for disagrees and says they are not required to pay staff for sleep time and has a policy that if the clients wake up they will pay us for the time we are physically working with the clients. Basically I am forced to stay with them the entire weekend but do not get paid to stay with them through the night unless they wake up.
2006-11-03 14:19:39 · 7 answers · asked by idontknow 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
You're basically working on-call, which is allowed. As unfair as it seems, your company is within its' rules.
Personally I don't think it's worth it, but it's the same concept as working as an oncall doctor.
2006-11-03 14:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by FaZizzle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I see it is you had to know the policies when you took this type of position?. Anyway as an owner/operator of a company I don't forsee any reason why you should get paid to sleep. I think they should compensate you for some type of extra weekly bonus by you being there more less on call. I mean unless you already recieve one.
2006-11-03 14:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by ctmcmullen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe that is legal in any state. I was the Human Resource manager for many years in a large,reputable nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. Those of our staff members that were bodily in the nursing home and were paid an hourly wage were paid for each and every hour their body was in the nursing home.
Salaried employees however were not........if you are receiving an hourly wage and something were to happen where your services were required........you would be responsible if you were considered "on duty". Therefore, you should receive salary compensation for you to be there........you are considered "on duty and responsible".
2006-11-03 14:27:18 · answer #3 · answered by Rodeored 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor and file a complaint. You are "on call" in house and therefore actively "at work". You are entitled to pay for those hours worked, whether you were awake or not.
Your employers are wrong. If they terminate you, or make life miserable, for inquiring about the pay, find a competent employment attorney and file suit for "constructive discharge".
2006-11-03 14:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by PALADIN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a medical exception in the wage and hourly for employees, yet in some state if you are up for tow hours you get paid for the whole night, you would need to check in to this.
2006-11-03 14:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 06:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-03 14:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋