On-Call Pay

What is On-Call Pay?

 

On-call pay: A form of compensation for employees who may be requested to work outside of normal working hours. This type of restriction relates to employees who are on call, waiting for a phone call to perform work.

 

It is generally paid either as a lump sum or as a percentage of the employee’s normal pay rate. It compensates the employee for being on call, which interrupts their personal life and possibly regular hours without actually working.

 

How Much is On-Call Pay?

 

Employers will have the amount that works, and the pay for being on-call will vary across employment fields. Sometimes, on-call pay is a set amount for each hour or shift; other times, it’s calculated as a percentage of the employee’s standard hourly rate. The exact rate of on-call pay, among other provisions regarding it, may also be negotiated between the employer and a union representing any number of employees as part of a collectively bargained agreement.

 

How Does On-Call Pay Work?

 

Some jobs at standpipes pay only when they call an employee in to work, but these will have gas haul leave for call-out, and on-call pay is issued as compensation for availability while on call.

 

It would also award the employee 2 hours of on-call pay for sitting by waiting for that phone to ring, in addition to their regular pay as payment for those two hours worked.

 

Yes, employees would be paid a fixed on-call rate for any hours that they are on call, whether or not they ultimately come into work during the on-call period.

 

Also, See: Shift Differential Pay