Holiday Pay Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
Introduced
Summary
Guaranteed time-and-a-half pay for work on federal public holidays. This bill would require employers to pay employees at least one and one-half times their regular rate for work performed on legal public holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a). It also aligns overtime, enforcement, and related wage rules so holiday pay is treated consistently with other wage protections.
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- Workers: Employees who work on a legal public holiday would be entitled to at least 1.5 times their regular rate for that holiday work. This gives a clear, federal premium for holiday shifts.
- Employers: Businesses would face higher wage costs and new compliance steps. The bill narrows when holiday pay can be credited toward overtime and expands references to unpaid holiday compensation in enforcement and back-pay rules, including updates to the Portal-to-Portal Act.
- States and cities: The bill preserves higher state or local rules. If a state or municipal law requires a greater holiday rate the higher rate still applies.
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Holiday time-and-a-half pay
If enacted, this bill would require employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act to pay at least 1.5 times an employee's regular rate for each hour worked on a "legal public holiday" (defined by 5 U.S.C. 6103(a)). It would apply to employees engaged in commerce or employed in enterprises covered by the FLSA. The bill would add a new Section 8, expand enforcement and recovery rights to include unpaid legal public holiday compensation, insert that phrase into the Portal-to-Portal Act, and repeal section 10. Holiday premium pay generally would not be creditable toward overtime except as required for work on legal public holidays, and Federal, State, or local laws that require higher holiday pay would still control. The changes would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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