From: coleb                Tue Jun 04, 1996 -- 03:37:27 PM
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Becky -

I was hired full-time in a salary position as the L.C., with the option of
being able to pick up extra hours as a staff nurse if I needed the extra
money.  I did choose to work an extra shift per week or every other week as a
staff RN about a month ago with the understanding (from my manager) that
because it would be over 40 hours (I usually work about 52) that it would be
time and a half.  How silly of me.  They classify me as an exempt employee,
which means under NO circumstances can I make overtime with my LC hours, even
if it in a different job classification, unles I was to work my 40 hours + 40
hours as the staff nurse.  Then I would be eligible for OT pay.  I would be
making $2/hr less being a staff nurse than I make as the LC.  It obviously
makes no sense to work 60 hours if the last 8 are going to be at quite a
lower rate.  So the unit remains quite short staffed.  It makes no sense to
me.  But I guess I am lucky to be able to say that I do make more hourly than
a staff nurse.  And your LPN who is working as the LC SHOULD be making what
all of the LC's make.

Barb Cole, RN, IBCLC
Marshfield, WI