Full time temporary position - Holiday Pay?

Cheryl Cloes

We are hiring a full time temp to work for approximately 3 1/2 to 4 months while our Admin person is on maternity leave. Our business is in California and we have 19 people in our company. Are we required by law to pay Holiday Pay?

Hatchetman

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-17-01 AT 08:21PM (CST)[/font][p]California law does not require a private employer to even have holiday time off for its employees, let alone have it as a paid day off. Of course, if it's negotiated with a union or the employer wishes to have it, then that's permitted too.

Dottie

One suggestion, before actually hiring this person, you may want to examine any current policies you have in writing regarding holiday pay, and possibly draft an update that would set criteria for receiving it. Our company routinely hires temporary full time people every year for about three months. One of the criteria we have for receiving holiday pay is that the employee must be with us for at least 90 days prior to the holiday in question. This effectively eliminates most temp employees, not to mention those people who are going in and out through the revolving employment door.

jbnunzio

Cheryl,
If you hired your temporary through an employment service, check with your representative to see if they offer holiday pay to their full time temporaries. This practice is common among larger search firms.