Can a company force you go use vacation or go without pay on holidays? Minnesota

[demoiselleangel]

The company I work for offers 4 10 hour days as a schedule option to get your 40 hours in instead of a traditonal 5 day work week.. My question is that on holidays they only pay 8 hours and require that you use either vacation to cover the 2 missing hours or go without pay.

Is it leagl in Minnesota to do that or are they required to pay you 10 hours if you normally work on the day to holiday falls on? I normally work Mondays and with the upcomming memorial day holiday I have to chose between being short 2 hours or using vacation. My company is open 7 days a week.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

[DAW]

Very basically, there is one set of rules for Exempt Salaried employees, and a different set of rules for everyone else. Are you Exempt Salaried?

[cbg]

FYI, if you are NOT salaried exempt, then in all 50 states the employer has no legal obligation to pay you for holidays AT ALL.

[demoiselleangel]

I am paid hourly exempt.

Thank you for the info so far.

[cbg]

If you are paid hourly, then unless you are a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or in some other limited professional, you are by definition non-exempt.

[demoiselleangel]

If you are paid hourly, then unless you are a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or in some other limited professional, you are by definition non-exempt.

Sorry I am not a HR or Employment law professional. That is why I am here asking this question. I get a base hourly pay plus commission.

[cbg]

Are you saying that you are in sales? Inside or outside?

[demoiselleangel]

Are you saying that you are in sales? Inside or outside?

Yes I do inbound call center sales. A get a hourly base pay plus a percentage of the revenue I bring in depending on what sales goals I hit.

[cbg]

You are non-exempt.

Regardless of what state you are in, you have no legal expectation of being paid on holidays. If your employer is paying you 8 hours, that is 8 hours more than the law requires, even if your normal work day is 10 hours.