Nurses Unpaid Overtime

Nurses Unpaid Overtime Law

Nurses Unpaid Overtime Legal Issues:

What is Nurses Unpaid Overtime? Generally, nurses are entitled to receive overtime compensation if they work more than 8 hours a day or more than 40 hours a week. Nurses are entitled to receive overtime payment, even if the overtime work they completed was not authorized by a supervisor. In most states and in California, the overtime rate is generally one and one half times the nurse's regular pay. Overtime must be paid in wages and cannot be compensated by time off and/or goods. Nurses are entitled to receiving overtime if:

• - They are asked by their employer to arrive early to work and begin working on minor things.
• - Their employer has knowledge and gave permission for them to take work home.
• - They are "on call" and ready to report to work when they are at home.
• - They work overtime on a Friday and are told that they can leave work early within the next week.
• - While on company business, they need to stay overnight or do travel extensively.

Nurses Unpaid Overtime Lawyers: Employers sometimes illegally claim that salaried nurses, those with a management title or those with administrative duties are not entitled to overtime pay. This is a way for them to avoid paying overtime, but it is illegal. Be mindful that in California, title and method of compensation may have nothing to do with a nurse's right to receive overtime pay. A nurse can be a manager or be a salaried employee and continue to be entitled to overtime. If you are a nurse who is being paid salary or you are told you are exempt from overtime, you are protected under California laws and may be entitled to up to 4 years of overtime pay. Employment lawyers can review your overtime pay and determine if overtime laws entitle you to recover fair compensation.

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