Can en employer force hourly employees to take Good Friday off as an “unpaid holiday”?
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Can en employer force hourly employees to take Good Friday off as an “unpaid holiday”?
Asked on January 25, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Yes. An employer sets days and hours worked at will, and can close it's whole shop/operation or just parts of it at will (unless, that is, you have a written employment contract, includng a union or collective bargaining agreement, setting hours, days, holidays, etc.). Therefore, they can either tell specific employees not to work a given day, or close down all or part of their business that day.
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