Night work pay rate question

I didn't do much night work, but I never paid the crews a premium. Usually I had younger guys who would volunteer for it?ÿ?ÿ

That said, the night work I've supervised has been jobs like scanning subways, working on airport runways, etc. and I never had problems getting guys to sign up because it was interesting and looked good on a resume down the road.?ÿ?ÿ

I was asked to do some night work recently.?ÿ I couldn't find a rate sufficient for me to stay up all night, blowing my circadian rhythm, and?ÿ generally making me tired and cranky for days after.?ÿ The general hiring industry does find that night work is worth more to keep the wheels rolling.?ÿ I know folks that do night shift work and get a buck an hour bump to work third shift.?ÿ?ÿ

speaking for Europe and more specific for Belgium:

according to the Belgian labor regulations this is at least 150%.

Chr.

Union guys here get a $1.00/hr shift differential- but it has to be a change in shift- not just an infrequent random thing. that's just an overtime flex time?ÿissue.

Check the project specifications, sometimes it is spelled out and you can get in deep doo doo if you don't comply.

Big Highway Project is typically prevailing wage and the overall RFP usually points out the differential pay required. However if you are a company principal the prevailing wage does not apply to you but it does to your helpers. therefore at times the help makes more than the boss.

Which brings to mind two different projects. I was working midnight shift for a Bethlehem Steel Company repair project and the boss came in very early one morning just to check up on me. It was a darn cold night like we are having?ÿnow and I complained about how much colder it was at night. He said just think of all the shift premium you are making. I quickly tallied it up and replied for that amount of dollars I would not get out of bed on such a night to even take a leak.

There other job was actually a job interview for night engineering supervisor on a Schuylkill Express reconstruction project. I dove down there at night and somewhere in the midst of the interview I recognized I was standing in a traffic lane as there were no permanent barriers. I considered how easy such a lapse was at night and went home to write a resignation letter before I was offered the job.

Paul in PA

However if you are a company principal the prevailing wage does not apply to you but it does to your helpers. therefore at times the help makes more than the boss.

Paul,?ÿ I'm not sure that you are correct.?ÿ While I have never been required to join the union on labor agreement jobs I have always needed to pay myself prevailing wages on applicable projects.?ÿ Maybe things are different out here on the left coast.

I have always needed to pay myself prevailing wages on applicable projects

I can attest that that's the case here in CA, at least on paper.?ÿ It's a real nuisance to make the required filings as a sole proprietor, because I basically have to fraudulently declare that I'm paying myself certain wage and benefit amounts, when in fact I'm not an employee at all and don't earn any wages or defined benefits.