The Differences Between a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist While both Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are highly educated and experienced in a variety of nursing procedures and practices, the roles remain distinct from one another.
Definition of straight time. 1  1 : the regularly established working time of employees during a standard period (such as a week) excluding time lost through absence or gained through overtime in most industries straight time still exceeds 35 hours a week. 2 : the rate of pay applicable for straight-time work had 40 hours at straight time and 12 hours of overtime pay.
q how is overtime calculated when employees work at different rates of pay in the same workweek a the average rate of pay is used to compute overtime example if an employee worked 16 hours at $ 10 00 per hour and 30 hours at $ 12 00 per hour the total straight time amount earned is $ 520 00that amount is divided by total hours worked 46 and the average hourly rate is $ 11 30since the employer has already paid the straight time rates for all hours worked only an additional 5 times the average hourly rate is due for the overtime hours 5 x $ 11 30 x 6 hours $ 33 90 for most adult workers there are no limits on daily work hours theoretically employers may schedule employees to work seven days a week 24 hours per day so long as minimum wage and overtime laws are observed manufacturing employees are limited to 13 hours of work in a 24 hour period