


If you work in a residential setting that provides care on a 24-hour, 7-day-per-week basis, your job may require you to carry out sleepover duty. You may be paid a specific rate for any call-out that arises while rostered for on-call/standby duty.

You may usually be paid a fixed payment if you are on on-call/standby. On-call/standby is when you are required to be available for a certain time period for emergency work that may arise. Otherwise, you will be paid at flat rate for extra hours worked or you may be given time off in lieu. To get overtime rates, you must work more hours than the standard weekly working hours for a full-time employee in that grade. If you work part-time you may also be entitled to overtime rates. Your manager may decide to grant you time off in lieu (TOIL) instead of payment. Your eligibility for overtime payments and the rates that apply depend on your job, grade and staff category. Your line manager must approve any overtime before you work it. You can also check in the HSE Guidelines on Terms and Conditions of Employment (PDF, 808KB, 86 pages) Overtime The types of attendance arrangements where additional payments may apply include:Ĭheck with your line manager to see if any of these allowances or payments apply to you. If you work unsocial hours you may qualify for an allowance or payment. Unsocial hours are hours worked outside of the standard working hours. Unsocial hours payments are payments that are additional to basic pay.
