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On-call allowance

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, on-call allowance means: Additional pay for being available to respond to work outside scheduled duties.

In Turkish: çağrıya hazır bulunma ödeneği

How it is used

Distinguish payment for availability from payment for hours actually worked.

Example sentences

  1. The on-call allowance covers weekends when I must remain reachable.

    The payment recognizes availability even before a call arrives.

  2. I asked whether call-out hours were paid separately from the on-call allowance.

    Being available and performing work can have separate pay arrangements.

Common collocations

  • receive an on-call allowance
  • monthly on-call allowance
  • salaryA fixed amount of money that an employer pays you for your work, usually agreed as a yearly figure and paid every month.
  • benefitsThings an employer gives you in addition to your salary, such as health insurance, a pension, extra holiday or a meal allowance.

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