WASHINGTON D.C — Homecare jobs are in high demand, which makes homecare recruiters’ jobs so important. They must fill a position with a person who has the right credentials and experience. Often times, this can be a challenge, because recruiters can be bombarded with countless emails and phone calls after work never receiving any overtime for it.
Recruiting physicians, nurses, and other homecare specialists is an all-encompassing job and involves communications with prospective employees and employers from all over the world. The duties involved in this line of work include:
- Finding prospective candidates
- Pre-qualifying candidates and performing background checks
- Qualifying the healthcare candidates for specific jobs once screened
- Interviewing candidates on the telephone
- Arranging in-person interviews with the healthcare companies
- Negotiation salaries and benefits for the healthcare job
Homecare recruiters often work “in-house” for company or as an outside recruiter for a recruiting firm or agency. Outside recruiters often work for many different employers at the same time trying to locate employees to fill homecare jobs. Some recruiters work at staffing firms to line up professionals for short term positions in different locations for a medical provider.
Most homecare recruiting jobs require more than a typical forty hour work week. Recruiters place advertisements, attends job fairs, and performs interviews to determine candidate suitability for placement. Travel is often required for healthcare recruiters.
In calculating the number of hours worked, the employer must consider all required work performed in all facilities and departments, both before and after a shift, including staff meetings and required paid training. If an employer does not include all of this time in the calculation of hours worked, it can result in the Homecare Recruiter not receiving all of the required overtime. The employer’s failure to pay required overtime to Homecare Recruiters can result in a lawsuit for overtime pay. These types of claims are often filed by an entire group of Homecare Recruiter employees in a class action lawsuit against an employer who violates the FLSA.
If you are a homecare recruiter and believe you are owed back overtime pay, call our unpaid overtime lawyers today at (855) 754-2795 for a free overtime lawsuit case review. We will listen to your work situation and advise you if you were underpaid by your employer and have the right to file an overtime pay claim.