I work for a small company that uses a outside HR service. The owner of my company is trying to take charge since the spouse was deceased in an auto accident Feb. 2005. We are open Mon-Fri each week. The spouse had never worked for the company up to this point.Since Christmas Day and New Years Day both fall on a Sunday this year, and we will be closed the Monday's following each we are being told that in order to receive any pay for that day we have to use a vacation day if it is available. The handbook that was issued upon hire states that you will receive 6 paid Benefit days with these 2 being named as such. Need to know what our rights(?) are. We reside in CA.

Generally speaking, an employee handbook does not consitute a contract and the employer is free to make changes or exceptions at any time. Holiday pay need not be offered at all.

Our handbook states we get Christmas and New Years paid. Our new parent company wants us to work on Mondays since the Holiday is on Sunday. The problem is we export product to Mexico and Customs will be off on Mondays, so if we come we ill not be doing anything, and/or leaving after a couple of hour, yet still be paid for 8 holiday hours. We told the board that this is just a waste of money and will lower employe morale and they frankly don't care

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