IDS survey of standby and call-out payments

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IDS survey of standby and call-out payments

Arranging for some staff to be on standby enables employers to plan for a variety of situations that may arise outside normal working hours. Typically this involves drawing up a formal rota of standby duty, while acknowledging that in emergencies staff may have to be called upon whether they are on the rota or not. A recent edition of IDS Study details standby and call-out payments in 36 organisations.

What you will find in this IDS Study

This 34-page report comes in two main parts:

1. Analysis

Looks at formal rotas and the conditions attached to periods of standby duty. Also considers forms of payment for standby and call-out. Includes details on: staff groups most likely to be covered by standby and call-out arrangements how such schemes operate in practice factors affecting compensation such as whether cover is on a contractual rota basis or more informal how the level of payment tends to rise with the degree of inconvenience involved.

2. Company practice

Gives details of the standby and call-out arrangements in 36 named organisations.

Want to know more?

Title: "Standby and call-out pay", IDS Study, April 2003.

Availability: Contact customer services at Incomes Data Services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599, or email sales@incomesdata.co.uk.

Examples of recent issues of IDS Studies can be found at www.incomesdata.co.uk/studies/studies.htm

Incomes Data Services is an independent research organisation providing information and analysis on pay and conditions, pensions, employment law and personnel policy and practice in the UK and the rest of Europe. For more information about IDS, jump to www.incomesdata.co.uk

Posted 7 May 2003