Women's group in MA targeting ICE agents. BEWARE.
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No. Just put them on a 24/7 paper schedule informing them that they might have to go in to work.
When medical professionals are on call they don't get called on to work every time they are on the schedule. In fact, depending on what they do they can be called in very often (like my husband) or seldomly (like my daughter).
But when someone is on call they can't go around cruising in bars looking for dates just in case the phone rings.
My husband is retired. But my daughter won't even go to get take out at a burger joint when she is on call in case the phone rings. She will door dash because she knows she has to move quickly if the phone rings.
So just put them on the paper schedule and then ...don't call them.
They should be paid for "on call" hours though -- a fair wage.
Edited to add: I just thought of something. They'd have to be called sometimes or it could be considered fraud. So they could call them into work a few times a week for a couple of hours.
You are so smart. Hopefully someone will see this. It's a problem.
Not smart. I have spent the last fifty years seeing how being "on call" restricts behavior. It's a way of life among medical professionals and they're used to it so they don't even think much about it once they are working at their job.
But they know that what they do is important so they don't really seem to mind and get used to it. Holidays and special occasions -- well I don't think I've celebrated my wedding anniversary on the actual date more than twice in my entire marriage. And birthdays in the family were whenever everybody happened to be home. Holidays maybe the day before or after.
Only once in all the years I am married was this an "issue". My first child was premature and arrived on a "call night". That was the only time in all his years of practice he got on the phone and called one of the other doctors to come take his shift. As a family -- you learn to live with people being "on call".
Amen. You are a dedicated professional.