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Original poster

Night shifts does anyone ever get paid for the extra hour tonight?

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EachandEveryone · 30/10/2021 18:51

I could kick myself for swapping days to nights I hate them at the best of times😃 and it’s overtime so I will be working an hour for free when you think of it. NHS.

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Sparklingbrook · 30/10/2021 18:58

@EachandEveryone

I could kick myself for swapping days to nights I hate them at the best of times😃 and it’s overtime so I will be working an hour for free when you think of it. NHS.
But if you are still there in the Spring you'll get it back? Or is that not how it works? I've often wondered TBF.
DukkaDukka · 30/10/2021 18:59

Never did when I worked on the wards, was just expected to do the short night the following year. 🙄

That extra hour is painful and mucks up your charts!

Ilovewillow · 30/10/2021 18:59

Not relevant to my role any longer but I used to be the accountant for a residential school and all of our overnight care and nursing staff got paid for an extra hour and those working in the spring lost an hour - fair but a phaff!

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EachandEveryone · 30/10/2021 18:59

No that’s certainly not how it works😂😂 I wish

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NotMyCat · 30/10/2021 19:00

Never got paid for it (NHS) and didn't always work the short night
It's painful seeing 1.59 then 1.00 on the clock especially when you're meant to finish at 2am...

Yogawankonobi · 30/10/2021 19:00

We don’t get it back either and it definitely messes up observations.

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EachandEveryone · 30/10/2021 19:01

Yes the charts are a nightmare. To think I was on two days in a row and wouldve got an extra hour in bed. I worked days when it went forward on the Spring so missed out then again.

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DukkaDukka · 30/10/2021 19:01

But if you are still there in the Spring you'll get it back? Or is that not how it works?

That doesn’t happen in reality!

Sparklingbrook · 30/10/2021 19:01

@EachandEveryone

No that’s certainly not how it works😂😂 I wish
So what happens with the night in the Spring when the clocks go forward?
Lightswitch123 · 30/10/2021 19:03

When I did them I was on the following day I used to come in 30mins early, split the difference.

That was goodwill to colleagues though. No extra money involved Haloween Sad

Pigsteperis · 30/10/2021 19:03

DH is on shift for the clock change and gets to claim the extra hours - he's on annualised hours so rather than get extra cash it's an hour less he has to go to work.

greensnail · 30/10/2021 19:05

I used to have a job where we got paid the extra hour, and still got paid the normal number of hours in spring when we worked am hour less. Our pay was less than NHS rates ( nursing, employed by a charity) so was a nice little bonus for those working nights but not worth much overall.

FOJN · 30/10/2021 19:10

Are you sure you don't get paid for the extra hour? It's 10 years since I worked for the NHS by we always got paid the extra hour and we never lost pay when the clocks went forward. It was a surprising little bit of generosity that did buy a bit of goodwill. I wouldn't be surprised if it's been done away with, it's not as if staff morale is at at all time low! 😭

ThatsNotMyReindeer · 30/10/2021 19:13

My teams are swapping over 30mins early and all get paid the additional 30mins they'll have worked

vodkaredbullgirl · 30/10/2021 19:13

I'm working tonight and I'm putting down for 13 1/2 hours instead of 12 1/2 on my time shift.

Wimpeyspread · 30/10/2021 19:14

I never got paid the extra hour (NHS) - I used to put it on my timesheet, and they used to cross it off!

DukkaDukka · 30/10/2021 19:15

So what happens with the night in the Spring when the clocks go forward?

Nothing. Whoever does the rota doesn’t remember who has worked 6 months previously, no one else remembers. You could have the weekend off, be on annual leave etc. It just doesn’t happen.

Billandben444 · 30/10/2021 19:25

Feb 29th is the real bummer

Hobnobsandbroomstick · 30/10/2021 20:38

I never got paid for doing a nightshift when the clocks went back, was told that I would be put on the nightshift for when they went forward, but of course I wasn't in the end!

WeAreTheHeroes · 30/10/2021 20:43

@Billandben444

Feb 29th is the real bummer
Though technically that's 1/4 day for each of the four years.
DontKeepTheFaith · 30/10/2021 21:15

I did it once, only regular staff member in a really busy chaotic ward, could have cried when the clocks were moved back☹️

I never have done the short night! Always avoid the early start of the day shift as well, got to be a perk of doing the roster😉

I’m really looking forward to my extra hour in bed😍

I think agency staff can record the extra hour as hours worked, not the same for substantive staff sadly.

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EachandEveryone · 30/10/2021 21:45

I’m banking tonight I know it won’t make a difference

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Ralph871 · 30/10/2021 21:49

Nurse here. My trust has never paid for the extra hour. I remember being amazed when I went to Australia that we got paid for 13 hours instead of 12, was amazing.

Even worse than NHS though is my husband used to be in the police and on the night the clocks went forward they used to make the nightshift stay on for an extra hour. Total bastards.

Dinosauria · 30/10/2021 22:00

Has anyone noticed that the spring lose an hour is often on mother's day? Just a kick in the teeth that we don't even get 24 hours.
Op it's shit for you.

Damnloginpopup · 31/10/2021 06:53

I am. And so are my team. I have no idea if the company have a policy on it but I give the figures to payroll and payroll pay them. I'm sure the CEO would be appalled if we weren't paid for it though.

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