Australia / RN / Jane Smith / Monetary
Australia / Researcher (nurses shiftworking) / Sandra West / Monetary AND time-off / Penalty rates (extra pay) for night work & 1week extra annual leave if you work night shifts on either permanent or rotating rosters
Austria / Professor / Michael Kundi / Time off[1] / For every night shift (i.e. 4 hours or more during 10 pm to 6 am) 2 hours time budget are granted.
Brazil / Petrobras / Ana DirceCornetti Reis / Monetary[2] / 30% of the monthlysalary
Brazil / Professor / Frida Marina Fisher / Monetary[3] / Usually 25-30% but can be higher, depending the contract terms.
Brazil / RN, Researcher / Milva M.F.De Martino / Monetary[4]
Canada / Sleepeducator / Carolyn Schur / Monetary OR time off[5]
Canada (Québec) / Researcher (exposure of workers to chemicals) / Daniel Drolet / Monetary[6]
France / MPH Student / Maëlle Salmon / Monetary AND time-off [7] / Annual working time 1476h at night (9pm-6am) vs 1607h for day work. Plus more money at night: 0,9€ per hour or 1,07€ per hour if same workload than daywork
Greece / RN and PhDstudent / Anna Korompeli / Monetary AND time-off
India / AchuthaMenon Centre for Health Science Studies / AnoopVelayudhan / None[8]
Norway / Professor (occupationalmedicine) / Bente E. Moen / Monetary OR time off[9]
Senegal / Occupationalphysician Industries Chimiques du Sénégal/Mining Site / Abdoul Kader TOURE / Monetary[10] / Twice the salary for ordinary work
Sudan (Khartoum) / Researcher (Health, wellness and fitness) / Samia M. Modawi / None
The Netherlands / PhD (occupationalmedicine) / Alwin van Drongelen / Monetary OR time off / As given by Coen van Limborgh
The Netherlands / Circadian (privatesector) / Alexander van Eekelen / Monetary OR time off[11]
The Netherlands / Researcher / Peters Velibor / Monetary[12]
The Netherlands / Syntro / Coen van Limborgh / Monetary OR time off[13]
The Netherlands / ENT department UMCG (Groeningen) / Ria Woldhuis / Monetary / Monday to Friday 00.00-7.00 and after 20.00 47 % Saturday 00.00 - 08.00 and after 12.00 47 % Sunday and holidays 00.00- 24.00 72 %
UK / ? / UK colleague of Thomas Kantermann / Monetary[14]
UK / Researcher / Carl Mason / Monetary OR time off[15]
General / Professor / Simon Folkard / Normallymonetary[16]
USA (California) / Researcher / Patricia Farmer / Monetary[17] / In California, night shift "differential" is commonly $2.00 - 4.00 extra per hour (1.5 - 3 euros) but can be quite a bit higher.
USA (South Dakota) / Former director of nurses / Barbara Hopps / Monetary
USA (Washington DC) / RN / Carolyn CoplenHarlow / Monetary
USA (Wisconsin) / Linda K Glaznerassociates / Linda K Glazner / Monetary
[1] In Austria the details of the regulation depend on the hospital. The way this budget is used (whole shifts free or other regulations) are individually regulated. However, a release of the time budget in money is not allowed.
[2] In Brazil the details of the regulation depend on the hospital regulations, but the following applies in most hospitals:
1) nightwork 's paid more (thirty percent of the monthly salary)
2) 12-hour night shift and 36 hours off / rest
3) a night off every 7 night shifts
4) work on holidays is entitled to more one time off, for each holiday
[3] Usually, extra payment for overtime is found, but the more common situation is compensation for longer number of off-days.Nursing personnel have a reduced workweek- at the State of Sao Paulo, the following schedule is usually worked: During the night hours( 12 hour on X 36 hour off( usually 19:00-07:00 h). Day work can be of 6, 8 or 12 hours, beginning at 07:00 am, or earlier. This also depends the contract terms. In Rio de Janeiro, at least in public hospitals, nurses may work 12 hour X 60 hour off. But, they usually receive low wages, so, a significant number of them have a second job during their off-days/ or off-nights. (they usually work in fixed shifts). Compensatory off-days are usually taken during weekends, once a month. Most nurses have a 30- hour week working time.
[4] At the State University of Campinas, in the Hospital de Clinicas they work in the regime of 12x36 hours rest. Most have two jobs, which justifies this work schedule. Recent research has shown weight gain, stress for these nurses night shift, which leads to thinking about the work on this compensation schedule.
[5] There is no one standard practise. It depends on the facility and the union and what they prefer. Extra compensation for night work often puts people there who should not be - that is, they are not well adapted to night work, they have other health conditions or they're older. But they do it for the money. Secondly, paying for night work neglects to recognize that there are those who are not well adapted to early morning work. They suffer a variety of health consequences as well. Finally, in my work with shiftworkers, I have seen many who have done rotationalshiftwork for 25 or 30+ years and are healthy. So though SIN (shiftwork involving nights) causes stress and has other health consequences, some people are more immune to these consequences. Based on my work with shiftworkers, I develped a profile whereby I can easily identify those who are better able to cope with shiftwork in general and what schedule would be most appropriate for any individual shiftworker. When I explain this in educational sessions, shiftworkers are amazed at how much it explains about themselves and their coworkers. Secondly, they immediately understand what strategies are best for them in helping them sleep better and cope better with the shiftwork.
[6]You will find in the following document (workers conditions agreement, ) many provisions in article 17 and 18 ( starting at page 81 of the document) describing “extra pay” not only for night shifts, but also for evening, rotating and week-end shifts as well as other provisions for “broken hours” schedule.
[7] This is true for french public hospitals (fonctionpubliquehospitalière). Conditions can change for private hospitals but anyway in France the weekly working time limit as written in the law (including overtime) is smaller for nightwork than for daywork. It can happen that nurses work more than the defined weekly working time on a regular basis without this being considered as overtime: these hours are "caught up" with days off called RTT (récupération du temps de travail)
[8] The next day is given as off duty.But it is expected that you will be working on night on a roster basis periodically.
[9] Additional payment for work outside normal day OR (esp. Extra work) time off
[10] Our position is in non needfull sectors to avoid night work particularly for women from 10PMto 5AM)
[11] Compensation in reduced hours is rare, mainly because of the reduced staffing levels due to budget cuts
[12] Extra nightwork, outside the contractual hours depends on the nurses' preferences if they get additional payment OR freetime. Normally the agreement is : (working) time equals time (off).
[13]Shift allowances are related to the hours worked. The percentages represent the allowance added to the 100% hourly wages: 22% extra for hours between 06:00 – 07:00 and between 20:00 – 22:00 on Mondays to Fridays 38% extra for hours between 06:00 – 08:00 on Saturdays 47% extra for hours between 22:00 – 06:00 on Mondays to Fridays 52% extra for hours between 22:00 – 06:00 on Saturdays 60% extra for any hour on Sundays and public holidays. In the Netherlands we have a collective labour agreement for hospital nurses. Nurses receive a financial allowance for working irregular hours. Eventually, they may exchange the financial compensation for extra time off.
[14] Night shift only is rare, combination of shifts is said to give a shared sense of purpose and teamwork, equality in promotion prospects, equal access to training opportunities. Many Trusts now also operate 12 hour shifts (these have become much more popular in the last 10 years or so) which means that night shifts occupy a greater proportion of nurses' shifts (although fewer are needed on the night shift compared with the day shift).
[15] Nurses are either paid an enhanced rate, or work longer duties less often (giving more time off as a consequence). For many UK Nurses of my acquaintance, working the Night shift meant more days off, which in turn led to them supplementing their income by working extra shifts on "the Bank' - a casual overtime system usually run alongside 'normal' rosters. Many Nurses I know would be reluctant to admit the extra hours that they worked on their days off, as it often meant potentially breaching health and safety good practice, or working time law, or impacted on their relationship with an employer (especially if employee absenteeism was a problem).
[16] Asked colleagues in Vienna what they thought was the most common worldwide.
[17] Some hospitals use better night pay as a recruitment tool; it is also sometimes a matter of negotiation for the labor unions.