Compensation for On Call 1

[kwbMitel]

I'm trying to justify with my Employer that we are not compensated sufficiently for being on call for a week at a time.

For any of you that might take on call shifts, if you can share what you get, I'd love to hear of it.

I'll start.

We get $160.00 CDN. We are paid by the hour over and above if we get called out.

 

[Billz66]

we get $25 AUD per day ($175 for the week).
Min 4 hrs callout regardless of how long we work on it
1.5x for 1st 3 hrs , 2x after

never seems like enough for the inconvenience of having to be available but luckily we dont get many callouts and most of them can be done remotely

If I never did anything I'd never done before , I'd never do anything.....

 

[kwbMitel]

Thanks Billz66

 

[skibby1981]

When working for a small interconnect years ago, it was flat $150/week CDN, plus 1.5/hr to provide phone support. If we had to go out it was minimum 3hrs @ 1.5/hr. Continued at 1.5/hr for anything over the 3 hours. This was about 12 years ago these rates.
Working for major telco is the way to go though... Flat rate is extra 2hr per day just to be on cal. Same on weekend. So junior tech about $250/week, senior tech a bit over $500/week. Plus double time for any call-outs including travel time. (insert happy dance emoji)

 

[bribob]

$1/hr for weekdays (16 hrs)
$2/hr for weekends/holidays (24 hrs)
Call outs (remote or on site) are x1.5, minimum 4 hr.
Multiple calls do not warrant the same 4 hr minimum, unless they are spaced 6 hrs apart. Otherwise the 2nd call is charged per hr.


-b

 

[John Keri]

I suggest you look up government regulations for your region to start with.
Have seen employment contracts generated by international contacted HR companies that are against regulations and therefore illegal.
Regardless, a lawyer would tell you to have it corrected before signing it so if it ever comes to court you don't have to waste time and money on that process.
This will give you what you are entitled to by law and it is good to know before starting an argument with your employer.
I had a colleague who signed a contract with NO overtime at all in Ontario. He was entitled to be compensated backpay for a few years defined in the labour code.

Beyond that, you have to negotiate with your employer but I suggest you pay for a consultative session with a good law firm first. Worse the money.

 

[AH64Armament]

Our company does a $50 per week for being "on-call", plus time.
The clock starts for the employee from the start of the call, until they are finished with it.

Our work-week seems quite different though... Starts on Saturday and ends on Friday... so anyone working over the weekend could potentially get hosed from any overtime that they'd get from hours worked on Saturday/Sunday as they could potentially be sent home early on Friday. This hasn't happened to me, as I make sure I have things that MUST be done

Good luck everyone