Common use of UPW Clause in Contracts

UPW. Physicians are expected to work as many hours as necessary to accomplish their assignment or fulfill their core responsibilities. Full-time physicians will typically work forty (40) hours a week on a schedule established in collaboration with their supervisor. Flexibility of working hours may be needed for responding to patient and hospital needs. If a full-time physician is approved to perform an “extra duty assignment”, the physician will receive additional pay at one and one-quarter (1 ¼) times their regular rate of pay for working these “extra duty” hours, if the assignment results in the physician working beyond their normally assigned work hours. Physicians will not be compensated for “extra duty” that is not worked.

UPW. Physicians are expected to work as many hours as necessary to accomplish their assignment or fulfill their core responsibilities. Full-time physicians will typically work forty (40) hours a week on a schedule established in collaboration with their supervisor. Flexibility of working hours may be needed for responding to patient and hospital needs. If a full-time physician is approved to perform an “extra duty assignment”, the physician Physicians will receive additional straight time pay at one and one-quarter (1 ¼) times their regular rate of pay for working these “extra duty” hours, if the assignment results in the physician working beyond their normally assigned work hours. Physicians will not be compensated for “extra duty” that is not worked.