Shift Premium Pay
The State shall provide additional compensation for employees who are regularly scheduled to work on either an evening or night shift, or on a weekend shift for certain classes when determined to be necessary to be competitive with the labor market. Shifts will be defined within the agency based on operating requirements and work environment. Refer to the Shift Premium Pay and CSS Shift Premium Pay Policy for additional information.
SHRA Employees
SHRA full-time, part-time (half-time or more) permanent, probationary, and time-limited employees who occupy positions which are scheduled on a regular, recurring basis to work on shifts in which more than half of the working hours are between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. are eligible for shift premium pay. Shift premium pay is payable only for hours worked. It is not paid for hours accounted for through vacation leave, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, and military leave. Meal periods are not covered by shift premium pay and cannot be used in determining eligibility for shift premium pay.
If the employee is not normally assigned a shift and is covering for a one-time instance, then they do not get shift premium. If an employee fills in for a qualifying shift, they would receive shift premium if the employee normally works a qualifying shift. If the employee normally works a non-qualifying shift and fills in for a qualifying shift, the employee is not eligible for shift premium pay.
SHRA employees are compensated at a shift premium rate of 10% of the employee’s hourly rate.
Example of SHRA Shift Premium Pay:
CSS Employees
CSS provides additional compensation for ECU Physicians Faculty Practice Plan (CSS) permanent and temporary employees scheduled to work on a regularly scheduled evening, weekend, or split shift in which more than half of the scheduled working hours occur between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. CSS employees are compensated at a shift premium rate of:
- Evening Shift and Weekend Day – 14% of regular hourly salary rate
- Weekend Evening Shift – 19% of regular hourly salary rate
It is the policy of East Carolina University to provide additional compensation for ECU Physicians Faculty Practice Plan (CSS) employees scheduled to work on a regularly scheduled evening, weekend, or split shift. Shift premium pay shall be granted for all hours worked in regularly scheduled weekend shifts for CSS employees. Employees shall not receive shift premium pay for hours not actually worked. This includes such times as vacation leave, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, and military leave. Shift premium pay shall be granted in addition to any other premium pay to which the employee may be entitled, such as holiday pay.
The intent of the policy is to include CSS FLSA Exempt and Non-Exempt, regularly scheduled evenings (M-F beginning at 3:00 p.m.), weekend (which is defined as Friday 5:00 p.m. to Monday 8:00 a.m.), or split shifts (a work schedule that requires an employee to work a certain number of hours, leave the work site for an extended period of time, then report back to work later in the same day).
Example of CSS Shift Premium Pay:
On a single day in the same department, a CSS Medical/Nursing Asst employee in clinical unit A is working a 1:00 p.m. shift and a 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. shift in clinic B. The employee would be eligible for shift differential only for the 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. shift. The 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. is a regularly scheduled shift that does not qualify for shift diff as the majority of the hours are not after 3:00 p.m. This would not be considered an extension of the shift, because they are in two separate clinics and are recognized as two separate shifts in the department. The employee picked up the 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. regularly scheduled shift.
