Overnight Labor Price HArrisburg PA

[horrorsix]

I just got a small commercial job I bid. I bid my labor around $55hr. The GC just informed me that the job is overnight and he'll pay me more since I wasn't informed. What's the going rate for overnight work? Another $5hr, $10hr?

Thanks
Shawn
Harrisburg PA

 

[petersonra]

I just got a small commercial job I bid. I bid my labor around $55hr. The GC just informed me that the job is overnight and he'll pay me more since I wasn't informed. What's the going rate for overnight work? Another $5hr, $10hr?

Thanks
Shawn
Harrisburg PA

how much extra do you have to pay your guys when they work nights?

 

[controlled]

I charge 50% extra for nights and Saturdays, and double for Sundays and holidays.

 

[petersonra]

I charge 50% extra for nights and Saturdays, and double for Sundays and holidays.

that sounds fair to me.

 

[GUNNING]

yup

yup

Double sundays & holidays, time and a half after 6pm. If its traveling might consider perdium.:happyyes:

 

[horrorsix]

Thank You

Thank You

Thank you for the replies. That's what I was thinking. Just didn't want to be way off base.

 

[iwire]

I charge 50% extra for nights and Saturdays, and double for Sundays and holidays.

That works fine for service but would never fly in my area for contract work.

 

[btharmy]

That works fine for service but would never fly in my area for contract work.

Employees in your area are not paid time and 1/2 for overtime work? Is that legal? If employees are paid 1 1/2 then the customer gets charged accordingly.

 

[GoldDigger]

Employees in your area are not paid time and 1/2 for overtime work? Is that legal? If employees are paid 1 1/2 then the customer gets charged accordingly.

Overtime, in the sense of more than the normal number of hours per day or week, is usually covered by state labor laws. A shift premium for a normal number of hours worked at other than normal daytime hours or on holidays is usually a matter for negotiation (or collective bargaining, as the case may be.)

 

[texie]

Employees in your area are not paid time and 1/2 for overtime work? Is that legal? If employees are paid 1 1/2 then the customer gets charged accordingly.

I don't think Iwire was implying that employees in this case are working overtime. The labor laws don't dictate when you work an 8 hour shift. I think Isee where he is coming from, if the local market will only allow "normal" rates even thogh the job requires odd hours, well, then that's what it takes to be competitive.
That said, there could be other factors if this is covered by some type of job spec or labor agreement.

 

[Fulthrotl]

Overtime, in the sense of more than the normal number of hours per day or week, is usually covered by state labor laws. A shift premium for a normal number of hours worked at other than normal daytime hours or on holidays is usually a matter for negotiation (or collective bargaining, as the case may be.)

a rule of thumb is how most labor unions do it....
not saying it's right, but it's what gets negotiated.
the following, while not universal, is fairly typical.

day shift = 100% jw wage
second shift = 110% jw wage
graveyard = 115% and you get paid 8 for 7 hours work, or
whenever the day shift shows up.

overtime is 1.5x hourly rate for anything in excess of 8 hours per day or shift.
overtime rate continues uninterrupted until you get 8 hours off.

a shift must be 40 hours, to prevent abuse of this, circumventing
legal overtime with "shift" work.