Holiday Pay

Sue Heyen · December 2001

A full-time, hourly employee submitted a resignation letter effective 12/28/01. She worked the 1/2 day we were open on 12/24/01. 12/25/01 was the Christmas holiday that all full-time employees are paid for per policy. On 12/26/01 she called to say she quit.

Are we required to pay her for the Christmas holiday, 12/25/01, since we did not terminate her employment prior to her call? Our HR policy does not state anything about having to work the day before or after a holiday to be paid for it. Is there specific language we should add to our policy manual to avoid this in the future? Does anyone have an example of how they address this in their manual?

cedupree · December 2001

I would refer this to one of the many lawyers that visit this website for advice. Good Luck!

TheCol · December 2001

I assume "I Quit" was effective that day or in the future? If so, she was an employee of record for December 25th, was available in emergency for work, etc., and is paid for that date like the other employees of record. Your personnel manual should have a requirement for written notice or something bad in the future happens: not paid for unused personal time or suchlike.

Margaret Morford · December 2001

To fix this in the future, you should add to your holiday policy, "In order to receive holiday pay, the employee must work his/her last scheduled workday prior to the holiday and his/her first scheduled workday after the holiday.

"Margaret Morford
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Holiday Pay

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