Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 We have a flat rate of pay for contingent status PT's ($33.00 hr) and ($31.00) OT's. This rate is paid regardless of the day of the week. For anyone working weekends, we pay $1.00 an hr on top of their base pay. This is true for contingent status employees too. So when our full-time therapists work weekends, they get $1.00 an hr more. Our PT and OT staff work one weekend a month and in turn get two other days off in the same pay period. They are accepting of this schedule because they know that hospitals operate 7 days a week. That's not to say that they enjoy working weekends but they do understand why it is this way. p.s.- I'm referring to a 350-bed hospital in Michigan (Detroit area). Lori >>> ricci.susick@... 01/10/06 1:16 PM >>> Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 5% Ron Barbato P.T. Corporate Director , Rehabilitation Ephraim McDowell Health Voice (859 )239-1515 Fax (859 )936-7249 rbarbato@... " PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, then please do not read it and be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately advise me, by reply e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy in any form. Thank you. " weekend differential Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 The rotation schedule for our PT's is two months Tuesday - Friday followed by two months Friday - Monday (4 - 10's). Since they belong to a union, the contract states they will receive an additional 50 cents per hour for the hours worked on the weekends. Dudi Wittwer, O.T.R. Manager, Rehab Services Bay Area Hospital 1775 Road Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 dwittwer@... " Susick, Ricci " <ricci.susick@pro vidence.org> To Sent by: " On " <PTManager > PTManager@yahoogr cc oups.com Subject weekend differential 01/10/2006 10:16 AM Please respond to PTManager@yahoogr oups.com Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I work PRN at a locat hospital and besides the regular salary they pay a bonus of 50 dollars for working over 6 hours and 25 dollars for under 6 hours on the weekend. This is for regular staff and PRN staff, PT, and PTA same " Susick, Ricci " wrote: Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Our dept. faced same problem a year ago. Response was to create a designated " weekender " position. There is a higher compensation rate (~ $5.00 more per hour compared to registry/PRN therapists, who are also higher than regular hour therapists), but " weekenders " are required to commit to working one full shift (Saturday or Sunday) every weekend. Was difficult to attract staff wanting hours every weekend. In fact, after one year of recruiting, we have only one therapist who is a " weekender " exclusively. Two other therapists work part time Mon-Fri, and are in the " weekender " program as an alternate job description. This program is offered to therapists and assistants of all disciplines. The program has worked well for the few people we have added to the program. Being able to rely on even just a few therapists to work every weekend has made scheduling much easier. FYI, we are a 128 bed hospital in the far west suburbs of Chicago. Good luck. Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator - Rehabilitation Services, Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - e-mail - leonard.paladino@... weekend differential Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 We made a decision several years ago to create dedicated weekend positions for our inpatient division. There were at least two reasons. First, working weekends is a big disatisfier for staff and caused us to have continual turn over with our staff transferring to the outpatients division or other OP clinics in town. Having dedicated weekend workers has reduced our weekend rotation frequency and improved our employee retention rate. Secondly, rotating therapists into a weekend schedule reduces overall patient care continuity. When we are able to rotate the primary therapists into the weekend less often, that means they are off during the week less often, which in turns means that we have increased continuity M-F. We structured our weekend positions so that the weekend therapist either works F-Su or Sa-M for three 8-hour days (24 hrs. per week). This not only gives us consistent Sa and Su coverage, but also gives us additional coverage on the two days (F and M) that other therapist most frequent request as vacation days. The weekend therapists are considered to be part time employees and receive their benefits at the part time rate, however they receive a large hourly differential which essentially causes their paycheck to be the equivalent of a 40 hour week even though they only work a total of 24 hours. So they are paid like full time workers, but get 4 days off every week. The only catch is that they have to work EVERY weekend. We do occasionally give them vacation time, but for the most part they are expected to be here every single weekend. These positions have really been in demand and have been surprisingly easy to fill. Stay and home moms love the position in particular because they can earn the equivalent of full time pay, but only need child care one day out of the week. It's worked out well for us and seems to be a pretty good way to spend our FTEs when you consider the benefits of staff retention and patient care continuity. A. Lee, PT, MSPT Director of Inpatient Therapies Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital 5401 South Street Lincoln, NE 68506-2134 Fax CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachment(s), if any, is intended solely for the designated recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of the information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this message in error, please notify me immediately and delete the related e-mail and any attachment(s), and empty the e-mail from your e-mail trash container. Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital (MRH) shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by MRH. weekend differential Can anybody share what the weekend differential is that they pay therapists? I have seen a lot of interest in this subject lately on the listserve. We are having more and more problems trying to find people that want to work weekends, and our regular staff that rotates thru weekends are unhappy about the number of weekend days they work. A pay differential on the weekend days might help with staff satisfaction issues related to weekend expectations. RSusick PT PPMC Portland, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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