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    I found out from my co-worker yesterday that the company we work for will not pay us holiday pay for Labor Day. The university I work at is closed Labor Day. So I called "Larry", the manager over the account, to ask him about this. He told me the corporate office did not pay us for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, & will not pay us for Labor Day.

    So I will not be getting a paycheck for 80 hours next pay period. Since I depend on my job to make ends meet, this puts a damper on things.

    In a way this is sucky.

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    I'm pretty sure that's illegal. It's a federal holiday, and unless your area is very different from most they are required by law to give you holiday pay.
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    • #3
      Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
      I'm pretty sure that's illegal. It's a federal holiday, and unless your area is very different from most they are required by law to give you holiday pay.
      When I spoke to "Larry," he told me the corporate office did that because if they did not, some employees would have had to be laid off. Since I make enough per hour to make ends meet (I have to pay my share of the expenses + my own expenses), losing 8 hours of pay makes it difficult. I would like to let "Larry" know that I have to make up for losing the 8 hours of pay.

      Is there somewhere I can go to on the internet to get information regarding it being illegal for them not to do this & to anonymously notify "whoever" about what happened? I sure would like to get back what I should have been paid for. I just do not want my employer to find out what I did.

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      • #4
        Quoth snugglegirl05 View Post
        Is there somewhere I can go to on the internet to get information
        Google [your state] "labour laws" "statutory holiday pay." And for good measure the same, but replace your state with federal.
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        • #5
          If you work you must get paid, but not all companies have to pay you if you do not work that day. That is up to the individual company and as I recall it is not mandated by federal law. My company does not pay for holidays if we are not scheduled to work, nor do they pay time and a half if working on a holiday (I am talking such holidays as Memorial day, Labor day, Native American day, Veterans day...we are closed on all the real major holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, New Years day) So I would say that, no your company does not have to pay you for Labor day if you are not actually working. The only way to make up the extra hours would be to see if you can work weekends or something. or come into work a hour or so each day during the week.

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          • #6
            Yeah, check things out for your state. When I worked at *hotel*, we were required to work some holidays because we never closed. But we were only paid for a regular shift, no extra holiday pay goodness. If we didn't work on a holiday, we weren't paid because we weren't working.
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            • #7
              Are you in a union? If so, check your contract. If not, I suggest asking "Larry" for the company policy regarding pay, holidays, vacation time, etc. Get it in writing. Then compare with your state labor laws. If something doesn't jive, bring it up. If they're following the law, then at least you know what to expect in the future and can plan accordingly.

              I'm confused - did you work Labor Day and only got regular pay but thought you were going to make holiday time and a half or did you not work and want to get paid for the day?

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              • #8
                I liked the way WXTK and DecisionOne handled it... You didn't get double-pay for working on a holiday, but in return, for every holiday you work, you get an extra day of "floating" paid time off.
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                • #9
                  I guess I'm lucky...we are closed for major holidays and we just get paid for them by default. We get some extras too like Christmas Eve day and the day after Thanksgiving. And if we do work those days we get double time and a half.
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                  • #10
                    You can likely obtain a copy of your state's labor laws, but many who do this will be disappointed. The feelings of entitlement do not occur to SCs alone.

                    One manager of a store in the mall got copies of the state laws so she could pull it out of her drawer whenever her employees told her she "had" to give them this, that, or the other. They were shocked and dismayed to find out they were not entitled to overtime for Sundays or most holidays in our state.

                    My own DH was furious, after years in the large [salaried] corporate world, what employees of retail and small business work for. He was livid to find out he wasn't paid overtime for working on a holiday. When I explained that he hadn't worked over 40 hours that week, he was incredulous. But it's the law, he said. No, I explained, many times. It is a courtesy the company can extend when times are good and money is flowing freely.

                    Some individual employers still give exceptional benefits. I have an acquaintance whose husband works for the state turnpike. I think he gets triple time for going to work on a holiday.

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