California bill would require retailers, restaurants to pay their employees double on holidays

[UglyGreed]

A California lawmaker said she will introduce a bill that would double the pay of employees who work over Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“I’ve watched how the retailers and restaurateurs continue to expand their hours and open up on these holidays that are traditionally family holidays,” Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez told the Sacramento Bee. “What people are being called in to do now is a real slap in the face of family values, frankly.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/11/26/california-bill-would-require-retailers-restaurants-to-pay-their-employees-double-on-holidays/?Post generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

Only a couple more paragraphs at the web site but I did not want to paste the whole article. On another note I remember when most stores were closed on Sundays, my times have changed.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving all, and don't work too hard doing so!!!

[obxhead]

1. it should be 10x pay.

If you can't make the nut while closing just 2 days a year, then its time to lock the fucking doors.

[Travis_0004]

4. what about businesses that can not close?

Its not an option for the power company, police fire and hospitals to close.

[MillennialDem]

6. Mandate a rotating holiday schedule and 2x pay on holidays to boot.

[yeoman6987]

8. Movie theaters? Hospital workers?

It seems they are left out. The hospital worker could be the cafeteria worker or nursing home aid.

[Ykcutnek]

13. All of that doesn't justify nonessential businesses opening their doors. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Dairy Queen still closes for the SEASON in the northern parts of the country.

[Sherman A1]

2. Superb!

An idea long, long, long overdue.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. That was the standard in Michigan in the 70s.

[UglyGreed]

5. Same here in NY

I remember being stuck inside watching the CBS Children's Film Festival

[gollygee]

7. The 80s too as I recall

I don't know when that changed.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. No doubt with the decline of the unions.

[SheilaT]

9. When I was an airline ticket agent from 1969-1979.

We got straight 8 hours pay for the holiday, and time and a half for the hours actually worked. If we put in overtime hours on the holiday itself we got double time for those overtime hours.

We also got overtime pay (time and a half) for any hours over 8 in a given working day, even if we didn't work over 40 in the week. While my employee group wasn't unionized, pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics were, so we benefitted from that.

Because of the nature of the airline business, we often made a significant amount of extra money with the overtime.

Oh, and in 1982 I worked several months for another airline, part time. If I worked any hours over my scheduled 20 for the week, I was paid time and a half, although there I almost never worked extra hours.

In contrast, my brother has done night stocking for Target since 1999, and as soon as he hits 40 hours they send him home. He is full time, with benefits, and he does work 40 hours every week, but nothing extra.

Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays, and I suspect they won't open at all today, although I won't be driving by to find out.

[Starry Messenger]

10. K&R