Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

In the state of Virginia, how do employers go about determining appropriate compensation for on-call employees? I work in a hospital. We get an hourly rate. Evening and weekend hours are worked on call. We get a minimal amount for each hour we hold the pager. We hold the pager for two affiliated facilities. We also get a flat amount of $NN for each patient. When we come in, the pager $ is subtracted from the $NN that hour, even though we are still on call for the second facility during that time. However, when I get called in, I routinely earn less than my regular weekly pay rate per hour when you consider all parts : travel time to the hospital and back, the exam time itself, plus transport wait time in the hospital, which is the time it takes someone to bring me my patient and then pick them up when the test is done. I'm interested in a breakdown of what pay we are entitled to (travel time, wait time in the hospital, etc) and how the amount is determined as fair? Thanks for your time.

Asked on 4/08/17, 10:00 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Your request should be directed first to your employer's HR unit , i.e., the hospital for an itemiztion

of your particular compensation regimen and an explanation of it (should you have further questions).

Answered on 4/08/17, 10:15 am

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