Department of Human Resources

Shift Differential Policy and Procedures

TEAMSTERS

Please see Article XXII – 22.1 Premium Pay for contract language: Teamster employees who are assigned a shift that begins 6:00 a.m. or which ends after 7:00 p.m. are to receive a differential of fifty five cents ($.55) per hour for all hours worked on that shift in addition to their regular rate of pay.

Employees who work a day schedule who are required to work overtime or who are called back to work for special projects are not eligible for the shift differential.

An additional fifteen cents ($.15) per hour resulting in a shift differential of seventy cents ($.70) per hour, will be paid to all employees working an assigned shift that begins between 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.

See Section 22.2 for contract language: Employees working a continuous rotating shift schedule, or a continuous alternating shift schedule will receive the fifty five cent ($.55) shift differential for all hours worked.

See Section 22.3: An Employee who is schedule to work a shift that is eligible for shift differential pay will receive the shift differential payment for an absence that is due to a legitimate usage of sick leave, if the employee has a minimum balance of twenty five (25) sick days accrued and available for use.

AFSCME CLERICAL

See Article 19. Section 6. for contract language: Shift differential of $.60 cents per hour will be paid to employees whose work shift begins before 6:00 a.m. or ends on or after 7:00 p.m. and are scheduled by their supervisor for a total shift of at least six (6) hours in duration. This shift differential does not apply to those employees who have requested and have been granted flexible work scheduling.

AFSCME TECHNICAL

See Article 19. Section 6 for contract language: Shift differential of $.60 cents per hour will be paid to employees whose work shift begins before 6:00 a.m. or ends on or after 7:00 p.m. and are scheduled by their supervisor for a total shift of at least six (6) hours in duration. This shift differential does not apply to those employees who have requested and have been granted flexible work schedules.

STUDENT EMPLOYEES

Shift Differential (from UMD Student Employment Supervisor's Handbook) - Student employees who are assigned to work regularly scheduled shifts
of at least six hours in duration are eligible for a shift differential of $.60 per hour. These work shifts must begin before 6:00 a.m. or end on or after 7:00 p.m.

Regularly Scheduled Shift - this is a very common term and is meant to distinguish between a regular or defined work schedule from those that are on-call, or cover variable work hours (e.g. special events).

A good working definition is as follows: "Working hours scheduled in a recurring pattern on a continuing basis."

Student employees are only eligible for shift differential if they work a regularly scheduled shift that begins before 6:00 a.m. or ends on or
after 7:00 p.m.

CLARIFICATION: Student employees who work on-call or variable schedules are [not] eligible for shift differential pay.

All UMD units are required to pay shift differential to student employees who meet the above criteria.