Hello members!

We have been receiving a few questions lately about 'shift differential' pay. Hopefully this article can clear up any confusion and make sure you are being paid for this long-standing Collective Bargaining Agreement article. Article 37.15 outlines when to claim 'Shift Diff" in TotalTime. There are other circumstances where a different shift differential is paid when associated with disasters (37.24) and fire-associated work (37.25). For most members, this will be an additional $2.50 per hour worked. 

You claim shift premiums (same as shift differential) in TotalTime as a separate line under Wage Type '1924 Shift Diff $2.50 all Agnys'. This is on top of your regular wage type time. For example, I work from 5:00am to 8:00pm on my normal MI code (15 hours, minus break and lunch = 14 hours). On my 'Regular Salaried Time' line, I claim 14 hours for that day. Below on my 'Shift Diff' line, I claim 3 hours. 

Please reach out if you need help with your specific situation.

Thank you!

WAFWP Executive Board

Article 37.15 - Shift Premium

A. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
1. Evening shift is a work shift of eight (8) or more hours which ends at or after 10:00 p.m.
2. Night shift is a work shift of eight (8) or more hours which begins by 3:00 a.m.

B. A basic shift premium of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour will be paid to full-time employees under the following circumstances:
1. Regularly scheduled evening and night shift employees are entitled to shift premium for all hours worked.
2. Regularly scheduled day shift employees are not entitled to shift premium unless:
a. The employee’s regular or temporary scheduled work shift includes hours after 6:00 pm and before 6:00 am where no overtime, schedule change pay, or callback compensation is received. Shift premium is paid only for those hours actually worked after 6:00 pm and before 6:00 am.
b. The employee is temporarily assigned a full evening or night shift where no overtime, schedule change pay, or callback compensation is received. Shift premium is paid only for all evening or night shift hours worked in this circumstance.
3. Employees regularly scheduled to work at least one (1), but not all, evening and/or night shifts are entitled to shift premium for those shifts. Additionally, these employees are entitled to shift premium for all hours adjoining that evening or night shift which are worked.
4. Those employees who work evening and night shift, who are in travel status, will be provided a meal per diem equal to that per diem allotted to day shift workers while in travel status as authorized by OFM regulation.

C. Part-time and on-call employees will be entitled to basic shift premium under the following circumstances:
1. For all assigned hours of work after 6:00 pm and before 6:00 am.
2. For assigned full evening or night shifts, as defined in Subsection B(2), above.

D. In cases where shift premium hours are regularly scheduled over a year, agencies may pay shift premium at a monthly rate which is equal for all months of the year. Monthly rates will be calculated by dividing twelve (12) into the amount of shift premium an employee would earn in a year if the hourly rules in Subsection B(2) of this Section were applied.

E. When an employee is compensated for working overtime during hours for which shift premium is authorized in this Section, the overtime rate shall be calculated using the “regular rate.”

F. Employees eligible for shift premium for their regularly scheduled shifts will receive the same proportion of shift premium for respective periods of authorized paid leave and for holidays not worked which fall within their regularly scheduled shift.