Holiday Pay

[eric660]

The company I work for just went to an alternative work schedule of 4 10 hour days. The only problem I am finding so far is that they are making it mandatory to work on any holiday that falls onto a day that you normally work. They are also making it mandatory to take a floating holiday that is to be scheduled over the next 2 weeks. We are not getting paid any overtime pay for this and we are forced to take a different day off. If my schedule is to work Monday through Thursday and Thanksgiving is on Thursday, I have to work that day and take a different day off sometime in the next 2 weeks to make up for it without any compensation for forfeiting tha actual holiday. This seams very unfair to me and other employees who would like to spend the holidays with family or at least be compesated for it.

Is this legal for them to do?

Thanks
Eric

[nwarga]

YES...employers are not required to pay anyone for working on a holiday. I work within the retail trade, and no one receives any holiday pay when working on a holiday.

[elklaw]

Yes. You are required to get comp time and they are giving you that, so this is legal.