Nobody works more free hours than medical staff to begin with. free overtime is like a requirement, and a part of the system built to exploit the workers. “You’re not a team player unless you work for free like the rest of us”
I don’t have real data… but much of the medical staff in the US has a pretty strong union. So if this were the case, it would be because the union chose not to make it an issue in exchange for something else. Thus it isn’t really free overtime.
There are surely jobs for which there is no union and unpaid overtime is standard. So they would technically work more unpaid overtime.
That said, unpaid overtime should be illegal. Or the hospitals insurance should refuse to cover mistakes made during unpaid overtime, which would give the hospital reason to not allow it.
More than that; hospitals are required to provide emergency care to people who cannot pay. This often ends up being more expensive than just providing care before it becomes an emergency; which the rest of us end up paying for in the form of higher costs.
Love this comment because they appear to think doctors are paid by the insurance companies and not the hospitals they work for.
Nobody works more free hours than medical staff to begin with. free overtime is like a requirement, and a part of the system built to exploit the workers. “You’re not a team player unless you work for free like the rest of us”
I don’t have real data… but much of the medical staff in the US has a pretty strong union. So if this were the case, it would be because the union chose not to make it an issue in exchange for something else. Thus it isn’t really free overtime.
There are surely jobs for which there is no union and unpaid overtime is standard. So they would technically work more unpaid overtime.
That said, unpaid overtime should be illegal. Or the hospitals insurance should refuse to cover mistakes made during unpaid overtime, which would give the hospital reason to not allow it.
More than that; hospitals are required to provide emergency care to people who cannot pay. This often ends up being more expensive than just providing care before it becomes an emergency; which the rest of us end up paying for in the form of higher costs.