Do you get more pay for working nights?

[Scarlettjones24]

Just started working nights in a care home and surprised I get same pay as day staff for a ten hour night shift.

When I was an NHS care assistant we got time and a third for nights and Saturdays and time and two thirds for any Sunday hours (day or night)

That's crap, I used to work in a private care home and they didn't pay extra for nights either. They'd only pay an extra €1 an hour for working on a Sunday. Now I work in a government run care setting (in Ireland) and get time and a quarter for nights and double time on Sundays. Would never go back to working in the private sector again, pay and conditions are horrendous.

Yes I get 33% uplift for nights. Work in a youth group home & nights are often the busiest time.

I work in a care home. Not as a career. But l know the night staff get an extra £2 an hour.

I've worked in care homes, residential homes, as agency and permanent staff. Nights rarely get paid more than days. Sometimes clients sleep and sometimes it's none stop all night, barely chance to go to the loo, with half the staff as days.

Yes, we get an extra 10% and another 10% on top of that for weekend shifts

Shame. To those asking I work a variety of shifts. Working nights is really hard going so does seem wrong to me.

I used to do nights in a care home 8pm til 8am and I got the same pay (min wage) as day staff. Scandalous.

No, we get no premium for nights, weekends or bank holidays! - transport

Yes. McDonalds pays £2 per hour more for night shifts.
not comparable work, obviously, but as a global conglomerate they presumably follow best practice.

AnotherDelphinium · 06/05/2022 21:06
No, we get no premium for nights, weekends or bank holidays! - transport“

that’s shocking. Our local transport company runs iconic seaside trams (as well as regular transport) and night pay is significantly higher.

I work 24’7 shifts. I get a 33% shift allowance on top of my salary for doing so. No way would I do nights without it!

@Tortoisetroubles Am I reading that right? You didn't get paid at all between 11pm-7am? So you were working 8 hours for free??

Do you have a NVQ 2? Apply for NHS or the Bank... recently have changed their day pay rates to £16.00 odd an hour this is for agency workers.

NHS pays a lot better than care homes OP

You've never heard of waking night shifts? Aye here's £30. Btw you will be up every hour on the hour.

I used to do 'sleep ins' at a supported living home. Paid per hour on minimum wage. Sometimes slept through but often woken up

this is why there aren’t enough carers. And often the good ones don’t stay.
they are expected to give their heart and soul to a job, ideally care for others as they would for their own family members.
and yet the don’t get a decent living wage.
Let alone extras like unsociable shift allowance.
it’s sad for people who need care. But I can’t blame carers for leaving when this is the thanks they get.

@shivawn yup this was when I was a student so it was still worth my while doing a day shift where pay ended at 11pm, a sleep-in night and then the following day which started at 7am and that got my hours in for the week. We got a token one-off payment of £25 for the night but no hourly wage because in theory we were asleep.

Support worker - nmw day and night shifts.

They get a flat sleepover rate but it seldom compares to minimum wage.

Same as day rate, we got told we didn't qualify for antisocial enhanced pay as we chose to work nights. I left as soon as I found another job

I work 12 hour night shifts in a care home and get paid the same as day shift workers....

Care work they pay crap day or night shift. Doing nights on the same rate as day staff is ridiculous. Working antisocial hours to should be paid. More than the days.

Just learnt that it’s same pay for Christmas Day and other bank holidays.

So you work days aswell there

why didn’t you know the pay before starting work there?