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Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 day agoIf this can be sprung on me at short notice, then I want “on call” money, so I leave that weekend free and don’t make plans. You can consider that I’m on retainer for those weekends, then pay me extra if I’m actually called upon.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wait, you guys are getting paid for on call?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Legally mandated where I come from. If you aren’t being paid, they aren’t actually allowed to make you come in on a day off.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They must not have the ever popular “salary - exempt” category there, which would be really nice.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 22 hours ago
Indeed we do not. Whether you have a monthly salary (we don’t really do annual salaries, just a cultural difference I guess) or an hourly wage in your contract, you’re entitled to overtime (at 1.5x on non-holiday non-night times - rate can get even higher for holidays and particularly holiday nights, and if you’re salaried, it’s just calculated off your average hourly rate for the month before the overtime) and on-call fees. When I first learned this was not the case in the US, it was actually shocking to me. Holidays are double pay even if it’s not overtime.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
At my company it depends on expected response time, I think up to your salary for the fastest response tiers. And some roles can exchange for time off.