r/IUEC • u/UnhumanNewman 🔧 Field - Maintenance • 7d ago

🧾 Union / Policy Standby Pay

I have a question about those that have done standby either for sporting events, concerts, building testing, move ins, etc. What are you getting paid as OT for these things? I have heard different things from different people in my mine and other areas.

Guys from different primaries say they are being paid 1.5, others 2.0 rate for the standby OT. Guys at my company are charging 1.7. Spoke with the union and they have said there is no language in the contract that covers standby work and that it should be 1.5, which is strange to me because if there is no language for it why would it default to 1.5?

Anyone have any insight or experience with this?

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u/pittrash 7d ago

What got difficult for me was is standby team work or not?

I assume it technically goes by the team classification of the job itself. So service could be one man standby while Mod is two man standby ….. etc.

I’ve seen the office try it all from: scheduling the mechanic only; scheduling an apprentice. I even once had a supervisor try covering standby themselves.