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General Availability Payment

drehildrehil 207 Posts
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Has anyone out there in Forumland heard of giving IT ee's that are exempt General Availability Payments? It was brought to my attention of course from an exempt ee in IT. It is a "bonus" paid to IT staff quarterly if they are called into the office after working hours. The payment is only paid if the particular ee is called into work after hours for more than 8 accumulated hours in one quarter. I was told it's paid out at a rate of 5% of that quarters salary. If you currently use this technique, is it working? What percentage do you actually pay? Can you do it monthly or biweekly instead of quarterly? Thanks.

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  • davidsdavids 427 Posts
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    It sounds like some organization's method to provide extra compensation to exempt positions that work more than a minimal amount of overtime. In my organization, all exempt employees receive 80 hours of administrative leave annually. It is to compensate exempt employees for the extra time they all put in during the year.

    You can compensate exempt employees for extra hours, although, it is not recommended that the compensation be hour for hour. I think such compensation, whether it's pay or time off, helps build morale among those employees who do not get paid for overtime work.
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