Holidays, Vacations and Sick Time
The FLSA does not require employers to give their employees time off
for holidays, vacations, or sick leave - either with or without pay. If your
employer allows you to take time off for a holiday, a vacation, or because you
are sick, the time off, even though you are paid for the time, is not hours
worked and need not be included in the total hours worked for overtime
purposes.
There is no Federal law that would require employers to treat the hours
worked on a holiday as double time. The time worked on a holiday is hours
worked just as any other day of the week.
Some Federal laws have provisions concerning time off, including but not
necessarily limited to:
Whether or not holidays, vacations or sick time must be granted to employees
in a particular state is determined under the laws of the
state.
For more information, please contact your local
Wage and
Hour District Office.
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