Vacation Pay / Overtime

[Guest Teresa Ann]

This is overtime /vacation pay for our manufacturing company:

A holiday week is considered 32 hours actually worked at your regular rate of pay, plus 8 hours holiday pay at your regular rate of pay (for any observed holiday) which equals 40 hours. If you work on a paid holiday, you will receive an extra 8 hours regular pay.

Is this standard? Or is it a requirement that the employer pay 1 1/2 times the regular rate for the hours actually worked on the holiday, plus their paid time off for the holiday?

What does your company do? Your comments are appreciated.

[Guest Julie Powell]

While working for a major law firm in Denver, if a staff member (secretary or word processor) was requesting by an attorney to work on a holiday, the staff member would be paid double time. This policy was used in order to reduce the number of staff members being asked to work on a holiday. The attorney/paralegal was reminded that the staff member would be paid double time and most of the time, the attorney/paralegal would reconsider and not ask the staff member to work that day.

Otherwise, holiday pay was the normal hourly rate paid to the employee.

[Guest Deb H]

It is the law to pay employees AT LEAST 1 1/2 your hourly rate. If they pay you more, that's better for you!!!