For "non-exempt" employees, that's paid "stand-by time" California.[1] Also see this case involving on-call coroners.[2]
The way this works in most unionized jobs is that there's a stand-by rate paid for on-call hours, plus a minimum number of hours at full or overtime pay, usually four, when someone is called to duty. This is useful to management - if the call frequency is too high, it becomes cheaper to hire an additional person.
The way this works in most unionized jobs is that there's a stand-by rate paid for on-call hours, plus a minimum number of hours at full or overtime pay, usually four, when someone is called to duty. This is useful to management - if the call frequency is too high, it becomes cheaper to hire an additional person.
[1] https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/CallBackAndStandbyTime.pdf
[2] https://casetext.com/case/berry-v-county-of-sonoma