Can my employer make me work on my day off?

If you are an hourly employee who works over 40 hours in a week, Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires your employer to pay you time and a half. The only way around this is if during a week, you have vacation hours, holiday hours or other PTO time that make up the 40 hours, then they can pay you straight time. Example: you have 8 hours vacation, worked 32 hours during the week, then you are made to work on Saturday for 8 hours. They will pay you 32 + 8 hours straight plus 8 hours vacation.

If this only happens 3 weeks out of the year, be compliant and show up for work. It stinks, but if you refuse to be flexible, it makes you look bad.

If they don't pay you time and a half for over 40 hours; however, you can report them to the FLSA office in your State. HUGE problem if they try to cheat you.

If you're not doing 40+ hours you can't get overtime unless you have an agreement with your boss. And there is no rule you have to have a certain amount of time off. If you're working 6-7 days a week, odds are you are going to reach overtime. I'm 16 now, but when I was 15 I used to work 7 days a week and make overtime. I was making 300 a week on minimum wage and school. I did 6 hours everyday during the week and 8 hours sat sun. If you talk to your boss I'm sure something can be worked out. Mine had to get a letter from the state or something saying that minors can't be working that much.

in case you probably did not have a employment settlement in place earlier beginning paintings, which states you're allowed day without work for such and such, then definite, they might deny you the day without work. did you examine and sign an worker preparation manual earlier beginning, if so what does it say approximately funerals? additionally, an company would desire to pay you for the time they anticipate you to paintings. Has genuinely all and sundry asked why the time clock is replaced? you could desire to rfile which you asked and the justifications they gave you. then you definately can call the salary or hard paintings board on your state and report a criticism. yet actually you're in basic terms greater proper off searching for a sparkling interest. hard paintings boards have greater concerns then somebody getting shorted quarter-hour an afternoon or not getting days off whilst they have been in no way assured them interior the 1st place. Then as quickly as your boss unearths out you made a compalint, they are going to be even worse to you.

You need to check with your local employment laws, because

these differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

Where l was from, you could be required to work extra days

and overtime pay only kicked in after 45 hrs worked. The exception

was if you were unionized, or if the employer offered time and

a half before the 45 hrs.

you have the right not to show up and they have the right to fire you for not showing up, it is that simple.

Shame on you. If you don't work you will be fired. And it's PAID.

No they can't 'make' you but they sure can fire you if you refuse.