Paying PT Nurses

lwilley

I am new to the healthcare industry so please bear with me. (And it is too early in the morning for my brain) We operate clinics that are open M-5. I have RNs how work less than 40 hours, i.e. 32 hours, 24 hours, etc. Since they are classified as exempt employees do you just prorate their salary to the amount of hours worked? For example if you would pay $50,000 for a 40 hours nurse, you would pay $40,000 for a RN who worked 32 hours (.80)

Also, I have found that these RN have been clocking in as if they are hourly employees. While I understand that for PRN nurse, this is acceptable - would it not violate their exempt status for the PT RNs by having them clock in and out as if they were hourly?

Bottom line: how do you handle PT RNs in a clinic that operates M-5 open from 7am to 6pm. I feel I am over-analyzing this!

Thanks!

6337604

 Do these nurses have a specialty that makes them exempt? I to am in healthcare our hospital operates 24/7 and our clinics operate on limited day and evening hours and our nurses are non exempt. Our 1.0(80 hours) down to our .1 (8 hours) nurses all record as hourly unless they are in a leadership/or Management (etc...) position that places them in the exempt category.

SFbay

There isn't a problem with exempt employees using a time clock as long as it never effects their pay.  If the time clock shows the exempt works 30 hours you still have to pay them their full salary.

 The DOL says RNs are generally exempt. However I believe for competitive reasons many hospitals treat registered nurses as nonexempt because it entitles RNs to overtime pay. Why don't your clinics pay overtime?

 http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17n_nurses.pdf

HRFlorida

According to DOL, RNs fall under the learned professional exemption.