RE: 911:: Day Light Savings time

[Guest guest]

at my dept, those who work during the time change are paid 1 hour overtime.

in the spring, they are only paid for the regular hours scheduled to work, not

1 hour less.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Our dept considers it a wash..

Boomer

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Central Dispatch, Michigan

Afternoon Shift Supervisor/CTO

" First do no harm "

[Guest guest]

I don't think there's much choice.

If you work the hour, you must be paid.

If that hour puts you into overtime... it's overtime...

For years we just called it a " wash " , figured that

what goes around comes around.

No one ever complained.

But the correct, and probably legal, thing to do is pay it.

Weintraut

[Guest guest]

Somehow we get all caught up in thinking that Daylight Savings Time creates a

special case. It doesn't. The law states you get paid for what you work. If it's

an hour extra, it's OT. If it's an hour less than normal, then you get an hour

less than normal. " Back in the old days " when I was dispatching, we used to call

it a wash. Of course, since we rotated shifts and days off every week, the odds

of the same employees working during both time changes were small. So,

basically, you either worked an hour without compensation or got a free prize.

Take the cause of the issue out of the picture abd look strictly at the issue -

you get paid for what you work.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/30/2004 4:53:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,

jnoonan@... writes:

Ok all, here is a question. I was asked to research how other departments

handle the daylight savings time issue in regards to pay and over time. Do you

make it a wash? do you deduct a hour pay for one and 1 hour OT for the other?

How does your center handle this issue? Thank you for the

>>>

Depends on the mood of my manager or whoever the on duty supervisor is.

Generally its considered a wash because of the spring/fall thing.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/1/2004 12:13:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

patcleary911@... writes:

We ignore it. We're lucky if we have the night off when it's a 9hr shift,

and not so lucky if we have to work it, and it's great if we're working when

it's a 7hr shift. Our schedule rotates every week anyway so usually it balances

out and everyone eventually gets stuck with the long shift

Same situation here except we have 12 hour tours. That 13 hour shift drags

Gluteus Maximus.

Raffa

Supv. Dispatcher, FDNY

Borough of Brooklyn

www.FDNewYork.com

[Guest guest]

In other words, it's a pain in the euphemism.

Raffa

Supv. Dispatcher, FDNY

Borough of Brooklyn

www.FDNewYork.com

In a message dated 10/1/2004 1:29:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

@... writes:

So what exactly are trying to say, ? :-)

-----Original Message-----

From: FD347@...

Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:11 PM

To: 911console

Subject: Re: 911:: Day Light Savings time

Same situation here except we have 12 hour tours. That 13 hour shift drags

Gluteus Maximus.

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

Down here we just make it a wash.

Dave

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[Guest guest]

Good luck,

We just ratified a 2.5 year old contract. I know how

ya feel.

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[Guest guest]

We're paid for the OT when we work it and given the hour (paid for 8 hrs) in

spring. (But we are a small agency - only one dispatcher on duty and only 3-4

officers affected - so the cost to the City is fairly low.)

Roy Mumaw

CAPD Arroyo Grande

> Ok all, here is a question. I was asked to research how other departments

handle

> the daylight savings time issue in regards to pay and over time. Do you make

it

> a wash? do you deduct a hour pay for one and 1 hour OT for the other? How does

> your center handle this issue? Thank you for the input