overtime for holidays for part-time employees

System

Our company handbook describes employee categories - full time, part-time, temporary and relief personnel, but does address overtime pay. Overtime should be paid only if an employee works 40 hours a week, but because it is not a written policy, does that mean that an employee who works less than 40 hours and works on a national holiday should get overtime pay for the holiday?
Sandy

Brad Forrister

Federal law dictates that you pay employees for any work over 40 hours a week. It does not require that you pay time and a half for holiday work unless it's over the 40 hour limit. Many companies do pay extra for holiday work as a matter of company policy, but it's not required.

Brad Forrister
Director of Publishing
M. Lee Smith Publishers

LindaS

Ditto to Brad's answer.