Opinion ID: 4169602
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Heading: Exclusion of Wage Differentials in Overtime

Text: Calculation Nursing assistants are paid a base rate of $10 to $14 an hour. In addition to these base rates, they may also be paid some or all three types of differentials: (1) “shift differentials”—an additional $2.50 an hour or $3.00 an hour, depending on the time and day of the shift; (2) “raise differentials”—an additional $1.25 an hour to those who received a certain type of raise; and (3) “frills differentials”— an additional $1.00 an hour or $1.60 an hour for nursing assistants who elected to forgo certain benefits. Whereas nursing assistants are compensated for overtime at one and a half times their base rate plus frills differential, plaintiffs here allege, and have submitted paystubs to demonstrate, that the shift differentials and raise differentials are not included. Consequently, the plaintiffs contend that they are undercompensated for overtime, which should be at one and a half times their all-in hourly rate during the regular work period.