What are my rights if I’m being forced to not work holiday but made to work a weekend to make up for lost time?
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What are my rights if I’m being forced to not work holiday but made to work a weekend to make up for lost time?
I have a phrase in my contract which states: “(the employee must possess a) Willingness to work beyond normal working hours, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary”. I am perfectly willing to work the holiday even at normal pay to keep from losing time with my family but the employee is instead making me work on the weekend. This seems to me to go against the intention of the time and a half holiday law. It’s my understanding this was created to give the employees more time with there family or some form of compensation for having missed this time with the family.
Asked on June 29, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Alabama
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If for some reason you are seeking to make up lost time at work, your employer is entitled to select a schedule for you that is in accord with the needs of the employer and the business that he or she is in.
If working on the weekend is the option given for you to make up the time you want to make up, so be it instead of the holiday. Your option is to not work the time to make up hours you wish to make up.
From what you have written, you have the option to work the weekend or not. Your choice. You have no grievance under the law to complain about with what dates your employer sets for make up time.
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