What is the law regarding vacation/holidays and overtime pay?
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What is the law regarding vacation/holidays and overtime pay?
Our company said it won’t pay the overtime rate of an hour and a half if the work week has a paid holiday or you have a paid vacation. This means that you have to work 48 hours if you have a vacation or holiday in that work week. They say that you have to be physically working and in the building to qualify for overtime. For example, if there is a holiday on that work week and you worked 34 hours plus the 8 hour holiday pay it adds to 42 hours but they will pay you the 2 hours as regular pay not time and a half
Asked on August 2, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Nevada
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
Your company is correct: only actual work time, not paid non-work time, such as vacation time, sick days, or paid holidays, does not count for calculating overtime. You have to *work* more than 40 hours in a week to get overtime.
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