What is it called when a worker is paid a different hourly-rate for doing different things during their shift?
The reason I'm asking is I want to learn a bit more about how payroll is calculated when people get paid different rates for doing different jobs at an hourly rate, and would like to know the common term for that so I could search and read up on the subject.
Best Answer
That's actually a very uncommon thing in the U.S. because of employment law. Calculating overtime in those situations is difficult and having a policy like that can put employers into bad legal situations.
To further complicate things, each state has different rules, there is no common terminology, and in fact sometimes it's addressed by case-law rather than actually being addressed by written employment law.
Terms that you might try looking up are "scaled", "blended", "differential", "weighted" associated with "pay", "payscale", "rate", or "wage".
This isn't a topic that's easily googled. You'll want to go directly to accounting or HR online communities.