Originally Posted by Stillman16
This is technically correct, but the “triple” also includes the stat pay that EVERYONE that works in Canada is entitled to.
So it’s still only double time really, as compensation for working while the majority of people are home enjoying time with family (Christmas, Easter, Family Day, etc).
Many jobs like this one would, typically, allow a worker having a day off on a holiday, to bank the stat time, to take it off at a later date, since the worker is needed on their regular shift rotation. However, if the worker is unable to use the stat time they bank, or choose to take it in extra pay, it would also inflate their annual earnings.
I myself, in a different field, but similar union environment, had 80 hours of banked stat time I wasn’t able to use the previous year (due to lack of staff, increased co-worker sick time, etc), and it was paid out, which bumped my perceived salary….I prefer to have the time off….but during the pandemic, not much was happening anyway I guess.
Also, after reading the article, it appears it was an immigrant nurse, which from my personal observances at my work place, coincides as the immigrants are far more eager to accept the OT (especially in excess) than the Canadian raised employees….the Canadian raised ones may not accept much if any, leaving the eager ones even more to take.
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