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I live in Israel, here if an employee is working on a holiday or on the weekend, they are paid a double salary by law. So if your salary for a normal work day is 10$ an hour you'll get 20$ (before taxes) for each hour you work on the holiday.
There was the recent issue of US retail stores opening on Thanksgiving and many sources claim that it's not fair to the employees. I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
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I live in Israel, here if an employee is working on a holiday or on the weekend, they are paid a double salary by law. So if your salary for a normal work day is 10$ an hour you'll get 20$ (before taxes) for each hour you work on the holiday.
There was the recent issue of US retail stores opening on Thanksgiving and many sources claim that it's not fair to the employees. I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
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I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54
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I live in Israel, here if an employee is working on a holiday or on the weekend, they are paid a double salary by law. So if your salary for a normal work day is 10$ an hour you'll get 20$ (before taxes) for each hour you work on the holiday.
There was the recent issue of US retail stores opening on Thanksgiving and many sources claim that it's not fair to the employees. I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
salary united-states
I live in Israel, here if an employee is working on a holiday or on the weekend, they are paid a double salary by law. So if your salary for a normal work day is 10$ an hour you'll get 20$ (before taxes) for each hour you work on the holiday.
There was the recent issue of US retail stores opening on Thanksgiving and many sources claim that it's not fair to the employees. I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
salary united-states
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I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54
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I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54
I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54
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According to the United States' Department of Labor web site, this will depend on whether you're considered an "Exempt" employee for the wage and salary laws and also whether the holiday or weekend hours worked put you into overtime.
To explain this, I need to define a "work week" as a set period of 7 consecutive days in which an employee works. Note that a work week need not correspond to a calendar week. A standard work week will contain 40 hours of work. Any time over that 40 hours is overtime. However, an employer can (and some routinely do) schedule an employee to work 8 to 10 consecutive days that split those days over two work weeks in such a way as to avoid overtime pay.
Exempt employees (often called salaried or salary employees) are generally just that - exempt - from receiving any extra pay above their salaries for work they do, whether it is overtime or done on holidays or weekends. The trade-off is that an exempt employee is supposed to be paid a full wage for times he/she works less than 40 hours and also that salaries are expected to be higher than non-exempt wages.
Non-exempt (sometimes called hourly) employees have to be paid overtime for any work they do over 40 hours in a work week; there is no legal requirement of which I am aware that work done on weekends or holidays automatically receive extra pay. However, if the employee has to work over 40 hours in a work week because of this weekend or holiday work, then he/she is entitled to overtime pay.
Note this answer is only addressing the United States as a whole; state or locality laws may modify these requirements. Also, employment contracts (union negotiated or individually negotiated) can also modify these requirements.
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I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday
and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
No.
There is "business practice" and "law".
Businesses in the US are not required by Federal law to pay extra for working on a Federal Holiday. Some employers choose to pay extra, some do not.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
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This article indicates that Walmart (one of the largest examples of "open on Thanksgiving" this year) employees got an extra full day's wage - meaning they likely got at least double their usual rate.
US Government workers get double their salary when working on holidays.
In general, I've seen "time and a half" (1.5x wage) be the usual standard for hourly employees.
Still, it can easily be argued that making a few dozen extra dollars isn't worth losing the holiday.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
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It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
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3 Answers
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3 Answers
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up vote
10
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According to the United States' Department of Labor web site, this will depend on whether you're considered an "Exempt" employee for the wage and salary laws and also whether the holiday or weekend hours worked put you into overtime.
To explain this, I need to define a "work week" as a set period of 7 consecutive days in which an employee works. Note that a work week need not correspond to a calendar week. A standard work week will contain 40 hours of work. Any time over that 40 hours is overtime. However, an employer can (and some routinely do) schedule an employee to work 8 to 10 consecutive days that split those days over two work weeks in such a way as to avoid overtime pay.
Exempt employees (often called salaried or salary employees) are generally just that - exempt - from receiving any extra pay above their salaries for work they do, whether it is overtime or done on holidays or weekends. The trade-off is that an exempt employee is supposed to be paid a full wage for times he/she works less than 40 hours and also that salaries are expected to be higher than non-exempt wages.
Non-exempt (sometimes called hourly) employees have to be paid overtime for any work they do over 40 hours in a work week; there is no legal requirement of which I am aware that work done on weekends or holidays automatically receive extra pay. However, if the employee has to work over 40 hours in a work week because of this weekend or holiday work, then he/she is entitled to overtime pay.
Note this answer is only addressing the United States as a whole; state or locality laws may modify these requirements. Also, employment contracts (union negotiated or individually negotiated) can also modify these requirements.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 11:53
GreenMatt
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According to the United States' Department of Labor web site, this will depend on whether you're considered an "Exempt" employee for the wage and salary laws and also whether the holiday or weekend hours worked put you into overtime.
To explain this, I need to define a "work week" as a set period of 7 consecutive days in which an employee works. Note that a work week need not correspond to a calendar week. A standard work week will contain 40 hours of work. Any time over that 40 hours is overtime. However, an employer can (and some routinely do) schedule an employee to work 8 to 10 consecutive days that split those days over two work weeks in such a way as to avoid overtime pay.
Exempt employees (often called salaried or salary employees) are generally just that - exempt - from receiving any extra pay above their salaries for work they do, whether it is overtime or done on holidays or weekends. The trade-off is that an exempt employee is supposed to be paid a full wage for times he/she works less than 40 hours and also that salaries are expected to be higher than non-exempt wages.
Non-exempt (sometimes called hourly) employees have to be paid overtime for any work they do over 40 hours in a work week; there is no legal requirement of which I am aware that work done on weekends or holidays automatically receive extra pay. However, if the employee has to work over 40 hours in a work week because of this weekend or holiday work, then he/she is entitled to overtime pay.
Note this answer is only addressing the United States as a whole; state or locality laws may modify these requirements. Also, employment contracts (union negotiated or individually negotiated) can also modify these requirements.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 11:53
GreenMatt
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up vote
10
down vote
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up vote
10
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According to the United States' Department of Labor web site, this will depend on whether you're considered an "Exempt" employee for the wage and salary laws and also whether the holiday or weekend hours worked put you into overtime.
To explain this, I need to define a "work week" as a set period of 7 consecutive days in which an employee works. Note that a work week need not correspond to a calendar week. A standard work week will contain 40 hours of work. Any time over that 40 hours is overtime. However, an employer can (and some routinely do) schedule an employee to work 8 to 10 consecutive days that split those days over two work weeks in such a way as to avoid overtime pay.
Exempt employees (often called salaried or salary employees) are generally just that - exempt - from receiving any extra pay above their salaries for work they do, whether it is overtime or done on holidays or weekends. The trade-off is that an exempt employee is supposed to be paid a full wage for times he/she works less than 40 hours and also that salaries are expected to be higher than non-exempt wages.
Non-exempt (sometimes called hourly) employees have to be paid overtime for any work they do over 40 hours in a work week; there is no legal requirement of which I am aware that work done on weekends or holidays automatically receive extra pay. However, if the employee has to work over 40 hours in a work week because of this weekend or holiday work, then he/she is entitled to overtime pay.
Note this answer is only addressing the United States as a whole; state or locality laws may modify these requirements. Also, employment contracts (union negotiated or individually negotiated) can also modify these requirements.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 11:53
GreenMatt
15.6k1465109
According to the United States' Department of Labor web site, this will depend on whether you're considered an "Exempt" employee for the wage and salary laws and also whether the holiday or weekend hours worked put you into overtime.
To explain this, I need to define a "work week" as a set period of 7 consecutive days in which an employee works. Note that a work week need not correspond to a calendar week. A standard work week will contain 40 hours of work. Any time over that 40 hours is overtime. However, an employer can (and some routinely do) schedule an employee to work 8 to 10 consecutive days that split those days over two work weeks in such a way as to avoid overtime pay.
Exempt employees (often called salaried or salary employees) are generally just that - exempt - from receiving any extra pay above their salaries for work they do, whether it is overtime or done on holidays or weekends. The trade-off is that an exempt employee is supposed to be paid a full wage for times he/she works less than 40 hours and also that salaries are expected to be higher than non-exempt wages.
Non-exempt (sometimes called hourly) employees have to be paid overtime for any work they do over 40 hours in a work week; there is no legal requirement of which I am aware that work done on weekends or holidays automatically receive extra pay. However, if the employee has to work over 40 hours in a work week because of this weekend or holiday work, then he/she is entitled to overtime pay.
Note this answer is only addressing the United States as a whole; state or locality laws may modify these requirements. Also, employment contracts (union negotiated or individually negotiated) can also modify these requirements.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 11:53
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up vote
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I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday
and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
No.
There is "business practice" and "law".
Businesses in the US are not required by Federal law to pay extra for working on a Federal Holiday. Some employers choose to pay extra, some do not.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
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up vote
8
down vote
I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday
and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
No.
There is "business practice" and "law".
Businesses in the US are not required by Federal law to pay extra for working on a Federal Holiday. Some employers choose to pay extra, some do not.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
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up vote
8
down vote
up vote
8
down vote
I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday
and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
No.
There is "business practice" and "law".
Businesses in the US are not required by Federal law to pay extra for working on a Federal Holiday. Some employers choose to pay extra, some do not.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
I wanted to know whether an employee who works on a federal holiday
and/or weekend in the US is payed more by law?
No.
There is "business practice" and "law".
Businesses in the US are not required by Federal law to pay extra for working on a Federal Holiday. Some employers choose to pay extra, some do not.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
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answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:27
Joe Strazzere
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This article indicates that Walmart (one of the largest examples of "open on Thanksgiving" this year) employees got an extra full day's wage - meaning they likely got at least double their usual rate.
US Government workers get double their salary when working on holidays.
In general, I've seen "time and a half" (1.5x wage) be the usual standard for hourly employees.
Still, it can easily be argued that making a few dozen extra dollars isn't worth losing the holiday.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
This article indicates that Walmart (one of the largest examples of "open on Thanksgiving" this year) employees got an extra full day's wage - meaning they likely got at least double their usual rate.
US Government workers get double their salary when working on holidays.
In general, I've seen "time and a half" (1.5x wage) be the usual standard for hourly employees.
Still, it can easily be argued that making a few dozen extra dollars isn't worth losing the holiday.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
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up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
This article indicates that Walmart (one of the largest examples of "open on Thanksgiving" this year) employees got an extra full day's wage - meaning they likely got at least double their usual rate.
US Government workers get double their salary when working on holidays.
In general, I've seen "time and a half" (1.5x wage) be the usual standard for hourly employees.
Still, it can easily be argued that making a few dozen extra dollars isn't worth losing the holiday.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
This article indicates that Walmart (one of the largest examples of "open on Thanksgiving" this year) employees got an extra full day's wage - meaning they likely got at least double their usual rate.
US Government workers get double their salary when working on holidays.
In general, I've seen "time and a half" (1.5x wage) be the usual standard for hourly employees.
Still, it can easily be argued that making a few dozen extra dollars isn't worth losing the holiday.
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
answered Dec 5 '13 at 12:16
Telastyn
33.9k977120
33.9k977120
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
add a comment |Â
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
It's been time and a half on all hourly jobs I've worked here in the US.
– Andrew Bartel
Dec 5 '13 at 16:29
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
My first summer job paid me 2.5 times my hourly rate for overtime. I think that was due to an incompetent bookkeeper who didn't understand what "time and a half" meant. The boss made sure I got very little overtime anyway ... even though she was the one I referred to in my answer who would schedule me for 7 to 10 straight days, but do it over a change in the work week so overtime rules didn't kick in. Also, I was making minimum wage, so the overtime pay still didn't go far.
– GreenMatt
Apr 9 '15 at 15:25
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I'm not in the Us but AFAIK it's not like at all in the US.
– Preet Sangha
Dec 5 '13 at 10:46
While this is a bit of a legal question, it seems to be of a general enough nature that it can be addressed on this site.
– GreenMatt
Dec 5 '13 at 11:54