Minimum number of hours worked (in contract) w2….administration playing checkers , employees will play chess

[aneftp]

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Kinda of funny. Big hospital system trying to enforce a “min hours worked” policy The newly hired people signing 42 hr min hours worked. I’ve seen the contract

Their w2 salary is guaranteed even if less than 42 hrs. So employer is within state guidelines for contracts.

But the issue is the extra work pay. If they volunteer for extra shifts at $350/hr w2 (which is reasonable). And they don’t meet their min worked hours over a rolling 60 day period. Employer will claw back their extra work pay.

Like what idiots thought of this. If I were a w2 employee. I would never do extra shifts and they will continue to be short staff.

One of the largest employers of anesthesia staffing nationwide.

 

[DesiredMemberName?]

If they’re salaried, why can’t the hospital just make them work the minimum number of hours?

 

[aneftp]

If they’re salaried, why can’t the hospital just make them work the minimum number of hours?

Light case load. Do u want to stick around to 3pm when u can leave at 9am?? They aren’t paying u extra if u work 10 hrs on day and 5 hrs the next day.

 

[DocMcCoy]

I don’t understand, do extra hours get paid at base until they meet the 40hr rolling average if they came in under, and then the 350hr kicks in or does the overtime money just disappear? First case seems reasonable, the later seems illegal.

 

[DolphinVA]

I'm assuming these are hospital-employed anesthesiologists. Weak or naive group leadership if they accepted that offer.

Hospital will usually throw some version of this offer out to you, but it's not something the group should accept. They should be paying you for X rooms of coverage during Y hours, or the necessary number of FTEs to do those hours of coverage. Specific hours and scheduling should be kept within the confines of the anesthesia personnel and not the hospital.

The hospital will usually back down when you explain the hypothetical situation that inevitably arises: you have what seems like a light day and everyone is sent home mid-day because there's only one room running, and your call guy is covering that room. Then an emergency pops up and needs anesthesia, but no one is obligated to come. Does hospital want the emergency to wait in line?

Paying for running averages only makes sense on a spreadsheet in retrospect, but you can't schedule prospectively in an equitable way.

 

[aneftp]

I'm assuming these are hospital-employed anesthesiologists. Weak or naive group leadership if they accepted that offer.

Hospital will usually throw some version of this offer out to you, but it's not something the group should accept. They should be paying you for X rooms of coverage during Y hours, or the necessary number of FTEs to do those hours of coverage. Specific hours and scheduling should be kept within the confines of the anesthesia personnel and not the hospital.

The hospital will usually back down when you explain the hypothetical situation that inevitably arises: you have what seems like a light day and everyone is sent home mid-day because there's only one room running, and your call guy is covering that room. Then an emergency pops up and needs anesthesia, but no one is obligated to come. Does hospital want the emergency to wait in line?

Paying for running averages only makes sense on a spreadsheet in retrospect, but you can't schedule prospectively in an equitable way.

We are quickly moving towards an hourly model for docs

No doc will do extra shifts.

Now comes the dynamics what is the hourly pay worth? What is the beeper rate worth?

So anesthesiologist need to figure what market rate is.