If an employee works a certain holiday for 8 hours (ie: Veteran's day) in the state of Massachusetts and works over 40 hours in that work week such as 45 hours in total (excluding Sunday). Does the employee get 8 hours worked Holiday at time and a half, 32 Regular hours, in addition to 5 hours of overtime?
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Holiday pay in MA
If you are a retail employee and you work Veteran's Day and certain other holidays in Massachusetts, you are entitled to time and half. However, in the situation you describe, working 5 hours overtime and 8 hours of holiday time, I believe the employer satisfies its obligations by paying you the 8 hours of holiday pay. Not exactly my area of specialty, so you should verify by calling the Attorney General's Fair Labor Hotline at 617-727-3465.