![]() ![]() There is nothing in state law that mandates that an employer must close its business on any particular day, if at all. ![]() My employer is open for business on every holiday, some of which I have to work. Since you did not work over eight hours on the holiday, or more than 40 hours during the workweek, you were paid correctly. Unless your employer has a policy or practice of paying a premium rate for working on a holiday, or you are subject to a collective bargaining or employment agreement that contains such a term, your employer is only required to pay you your regular rate of pay for all the straight time hours worked on the holiday, and the overtime premium required for work in excess of eight hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. There is nothing in state law that mandates an employer pay an employee a special premium for work performed on holidays, Saturdays, or Sundays, other than the overtime premium required for work in excess of eight hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. Aren't I entitled to extra pay, of at least double time, for working on a holiday? When I got my paycheck this week I was paid for 40 hours at my straight time rate. Last week I worked eight hours on the 4 th of July holiday, which fell on Wednesday. Additionally, there is nothing in the law that mandates an employer pay an employee a special premium for work performed on a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday, other than the overtime premium required for work performed in excess of eight hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. If an employer closes its business on holidays and gives its employees time off from work with pay, such a circumstance exists pursuant to a policy or practice adopted by the employer, pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, or pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement between the employer and employee, as there is nothing in the law that requires such a practice. California law does not require that an employer provide its employees with paid holidays, that it close its business on any holiday, or that employees be given the day off for any particular holiday. ![]() Hours worked on holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays are treated like hours worked on any other day of the week. ![]()
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