DECEMBER 2003
Q.
If an employee works overtime in a week containing
a holiday, is overtime pay due to that employee?
A.The
federal Fair Labor Standards Act requires that an employee
be paid time and one half pay, as overtime, for all hours
worked over 40 hours in a workweek. If the employee was off
for the holiday and did not actually work over forty hours
in the workweek, overtime pay would not be required.
Many employers do, however, count holidays, vacation and
sick days as “time worked” for overtime pay purposes.
[Archives]
This
question was an actual inquiry received by our Resourceline
from a Business Council member.
You'll
find the latest information on federal and state legislation
and regulations dealing with employer-employee relations,
including short news updates and in-depth explorations into
the bottom line issues for all businesses.
From
child care to employee training...from ERISA to health insurance
costs...The Human Resource LINE has it all in a "fast
read" format that will give you the information you need,
without overwhelming you with paper!
You'll
find out what's happening at other organizations like yours,
and get answers to the most pressing problems for people in
the human resource field.
