We've unionized on-call to a certain degree, which makes things very nice and transparent in a certain scope.
I get paid a static sum (which is very competative) just for having the phone for the week, and then if I get a call, doesn't matter how minor, it's 4h of normal hourly pay for the call.
This is only if the call is outside of normal working hours (so between 8pm and 8am)
I do really like this setup since it forces the employer to actually fix issues that are causing "wake-up".
It should be expensive to make the call and thus an effort should be made not to make it.
I'm not sure how it works in other parts of Europe, but in Iceland this is considered normal.
We also try to split it quite evenly so it's usually only a week every 4-5 weeks or so.
I get paid a static sum (which is very competative) just for having the phone for the week, and then if I get a call, doesn't matter how minor, it's 4h of normal hourly pay for the call. This is only if the call is outside of normal working hours (so between 8pm and 8am)
I do really like this setup since it forces the employer to actually fix issues that are causing "wake-up". It should be expensive to make the call and thus an effort should be made not to make it.
I'm not sure how it works in other parts of Europe, but in Iceland this is considered normal.
We also try to split it quite evenly so it's usually only a week every 4-5 weeks or so.