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K.YOUNG

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? CALIFORNIA
DO I HAVE TO PAY PARTIME EMPLOYEES DOUBLE TIME FOR HOLIDAYS IF IT IS THEIR ASSIGNED SHIFT?
 


cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
Please turn off the caps lock. It makes your post hard to read and is considered, shouting, on the Internet.

No. You do not have to pay your employees double time on holidays regardless of whether they are full time, part time, seasonal or temporary, whether it is or is not their regularly scheduled shift. Nothing in either Federal or California law requires you to pay any kind of premium for holidays.
 

Beth3

Senior Member
Just to add/clarify, you don't: (a) have to provide paid holidays at all, and (b) if you do, you don't have to pay any employees premium pay/double time for working on a holiday.

Many employers voluntarily elect to do so however. This is entirely a matter of company policy.
 

cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
The following applies to private sector employees.

Just for the sake of absolute accuracy, a retail establishment in the state of Massachusetts, who has employees working on New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Columbus Day, or Veteran's Day, must pay those employees at time and a half.

According to my source, that is the SOLE instance anywhere in the United States when employers are required to pay a premium for working on a holiday.

For employees who have the holiday off, there are NO circumstances, anywhere in the US, when a non-exempt employee must be paid. An exempt employee, who is not working on the holiday, must be paid for the holiday IF they work the entire of the work week. If they do not work during any part of the work week in which the holiday fall, then an exempt employee doesn't have to be paid for the holiday either.
 

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