Only overtime pay should be used.Ī permanent employee who is assigned to substitute for another employee in an established position that is regularly scheduled and budgeted for shift premium pay is entitled to shift premium pay for time worked in that position. (See Wage-Hour Definitions for more information.)Įmployees who are receiving shift premium pay should not have any premium-eligible overtime hours defaulted or converted to compensatory time.
Shift premium pay contributes to the employee’s “regular rate” for calculating overtime compensation. It is, however, included in “gross pay” for required statutory deductions, such as Federal and State income tax withholding, Social Security and State Retirement. Shift premium pay is not considered a part of annual salary or the hourly rate for classification or personnel records purposes.
If the employee works extended hours beyond the regularly scheduled for premium shift, all of those hours will also qualify for shift premium pay.įor eligible employees who work recurring split shifts, shift premium pay is allowable only for the shift in which the majority of work hours fall between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the employee receives shift premium pay for all of the hours worked on the shift, including the hours worked outside the 4:00 p.m. If more than half the scheduled work hours are between 4:00 p.m. Position eligibility for shift premium pay also shall be based on prevailing practices in the applicable labor market. Founded in 1952, UNC Health is an award-winning, not-for-profit integrated health care system committed to delivering state-of-the-art, outstanding patient services. A “regular, recurring shift” is considered part of the job design and a basis for recruitment and employee performance expectations. The UNC Health brand was ranked as the 4 healthcare brand in the United States overall and the 2 most trusted healthcare brand, just after Johns Hopkins and before Mass General. To qualify for shift premium pay, more than half of the position’s regular, recurring work shift must occur between 4:00 p.m.