Is it illegal for an employer not to pay for the night time hours the employee works?

As long are you are not on salary you must be paid for the hours you worked. In addition you should be paid for overtime after 40 hours of work in any single week. Employers may not choose how they wish to pay you. They are required to pay according to the laws of the state in which they are located. This is even if they are paying you per diem. Of course this is assuming that this is not an under the table job. (cash pay and no records for the government)

All the time that you are working you must be paid for. If you are merely required to "be there" but are not actually "working" then your State may have 'stand-by' or 'captive time' payment laws.

If you are asleep in the nurses bedroom then in most places you do not need to be paid. If you are up dealing with patients then you do.

Richard

Six hours? and you had to stay half-hour over? Ah...the subject concerns of an entitled young ones. the greater desirable half-hour is in all probability counted as your lunch. whether no longer, recover from it. Now, i am going living house from my sixteen:00 - 02:00 shift. i'm getting to return back and do a 20 hour shift day after today. delight in your self now, in spite of the greater desirable half-hour. It basically gets worse.

yes of course

tell those bastards you need more money