Forced to Work Holiday

[ChrisE]

State of Texas

Can an employer force you to work on paid holidays? When hired we are told we have X amount of paid holidays now they want us to work on said paid holidays. It is only my department that has to work on them.

[PattyPA]

Yes, you can be required to work on an otherwise paid holiday. Texas law does not require the employer offer paid holidays at all.

[cbg]

For that matter, neither does any other state.

There are two or three states, all in New England, that require that you be paid a premium for working on a holiday, but nowhere in the US does an employee of a private employer have a guaranteed right to holidays off, paid or unpaid (limited exceptions to the pay status for exempt employees ONLY).