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Question regarding scheduled hours and NJA - Getting worried

Posted: Mar 25, 2011

I'm about to start working for MedQuist, and will be sceduled a certain number of hours to work on certain days. Being an employee versus an IC, if there is no work available, will I still get paid for those hours?

Umm...NO - nm

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nope - NJA Queen

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if you run out of work and get NJA (no jobs available) you get 3 choices: Use PTO, take the rest of your shift with no pay or make the hours some other time. You will get paid 15 minutes downtime at minimum wage or your benefit rate, depending on your state. Welcome to the Q

Question regarding scheduled hours and NJA - Getting worried - CareBear

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My experience is that you will have to make up the time missed, take PTO, sometimes they will let you take non paid but most of the time make up hours missed.

And then....... - hope

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that when you are trying to make up hours that you don't get NJA again! Happens all the time.

Making up hours - Getting worried

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Boy, that all sounds even worse than I'd imagined. Do you run out of work on a daily basis? If you make up the hours, can you just log in and do when you want, or do you have to make arrangements?

Making up hours - getting worried - CareBear

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No you don't get to make them up when you want to. You have to get approval from CCM.

depends - sm

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depends on CCM. Mine tells us to make them up when we can, preferrably on the weekend.

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