Does 28 days holiday include bank holidays

With the holiday season underway, questions about holidays, pay, and year-end bonuses tend to surface.

Calculate holiday entitlement based on hours worked

To help you understand requirements and best practices related to these topics, here are several do's and don'ts to keep in mind.

Do's:

Count hours worked accurately.

Under federal law, non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime pay (at 1.5 times their regular rate) whenever they work more than 40 hours in a workweek.

Some states require overtime in additional circumstances. However, paid time off, such as paid holidays, doesn't count towards hours worked when determining whether overtime is due, unless you have promised otherwise.

Check state rules on premium pay.

Under federal law, there's generally no requirement to pay non-exempt employees a premium for working on a holiday, unless working on the holiday results in the employee working more than 40 hours in the workweek.

However, there are exceptions in states like Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where some employers may be required to provide premium pay for working on a holiday regardless of how many hours the emp

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