Holiday Pay Practices
Posted in Policies & Procedures
Employees have to know more about their employment benefits and rights. This means getting to know what types of holiday pay they are entitled to. It can be quite a disadvantage for some employees not being able to review their own company's practices when it comes to holiday pay to see if it is within the bounds of law.
There are certain things that employees should have to know about holiday pay. It might be surprising for some people but there is actually no Federal law that states employers have to provide time off for employees on nationally recognized holidays. That includes both paid and unpaid time off. Here are some other things about holiday pay that employees should know about.
Concerning Religious Holidays
Employers are obligated to provide consideration for employees observing certain religious holidays. Employers should try to include a floating holiday aside from the established holiday schedule just for this purpose.
A religious holiday as an unpaid holiday falls within the bounds of what the courts say as reasonable accommodation. But in order to avail of such a holiday, employees are obligated to inform employers ahead of time if they intend to make use of such a holiday.
Holiday Pay Coverage
Under law, employees working on an hourly basics considered as non-exempt employees are not entitled to holiday pay. An employer is not obligated to pay its hourly employees for time off on a holiday.
But, for exempt or salaried employees, the employer is obliged to pay even for holidays especially when the employees have worked during the week that the holiday falls in. This is applicable for exempt employees who do not receive overtime.
