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Employment Law - Salaried Exempt Overtime and Holiday Pay
Expert: Thomas R. Ballas - 11/6/2009
Question
Can salaried-exempt employees be required to work more than 40 hours a week?
If a company offers paid holidays to salaried employees, what is the requirement for salaried exempt employees. For example, if a salaried exempt employee works 40 hours during a holiday week in which the company declares a paid holiday, is the company required to provide some compensation for that holiday?
Answer
Jessica:
Exempt employees are salaried. Many such employees work more than 40 hours per week. If there is a holiday in the work week, and the exempt employee takes the day off, they still typically get paid their normal salary for that work period. If they work the holiday, the typically do not get any additional pay.
State and federal laws do not mandate paid holidays, so if a company does not have them, that is ok and completely legal.
Tom Ballas
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