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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: Pager/On Call Duty
From:       Alex Kamantauskas <alexk () neobanana ! com>
Date:       2006-04-12 14:43:40
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.63.0604121041490.56498 () karlheinz ! neobanana ! com
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We have 3 techs on call, rotating weekly (ie, you are oncall once every
three weeks), and the oncall tech has to be on-site on Saturdays.  The
oncall tech gets an extra $150 in their paycheck for the week they are
oncall, and they get a half-day comp time for the Saturday.

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Bill Curnow wrote:

> On 4/11/06, Eric J Merkel <merkel@metalink.net> wrote:
>>
>> My question is how should we handle pay for the hourly people carrying the
>> pager?
>
> Our network employees are hourly and are on a "one 1 week, off three
> weeks" on-call rotation.  Should they be called after hours their work
> is counted just like regular work.  Should that put them into overtime
> they earn time and a half.  They do not get paid to drive from home to
> the office, although they would get paid for any other travel time
> (such as to customer sites).
>
> Our programming staff used to be hourly (they're now salaried) but
> their contract worked a little differently.  If they worked for 1 hour
> on call they had the option to either work one hour less during the
> business day or take over time (at a regressive rate).  They did not
> get paid to drive to work.
>
> Our four admins are on non-rotating, "Level 2", perpetual on-call
> based on their areas of expertise.  One is salaried, the others are
> hourly.
>
> "On-Call" in our company means you go about your life as best you can
> during the week.  You're not stuck at home waiting for the phone to
> ring.  Should you need to you can swap a night, weekend, or the entire
> week with a co-worker.  Drinking is not forbidden, but moderation is
> obviously important.
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