Paid leave for religious holidays?

[bgirldeb]

But not many go to Church. It's something that they want off work paid for Christmas when they don't celebrate the day.

 

[clori]

My first job out of college we got 6 person days but there was a stipulation. Three of the days could only be used for religious holidays and bereavement related days and the other 3 could be used for anything.

 

[okeydokey]

But not many go to Church. It's something that they want off work paid for Christmas when they don't celebrate the day.

Why do you have to go to church to celebrate a day?

 

[geffric]

i used to work for a big company and i had to take the religious holidays as a paid vacation day or PTO..

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

No employer has a mandatory obligation to pay for religious holidays. If the holiday in question is not a day that the company is closed, you will have to use your personal days if you want to get paid.

I think an employer legally must allow you to take of that day (religious purposes) but they don't have to pay you.

I think, although I don't know, that if you have personal/vacation leave accrued that they might be obligated to let you use it.

 

[JoiseyMom]

Growing up in Brooklyn and now living in Monmouth County NJ, my kids schools are closed for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. My parents would take this day off as a vacation day or as a non paid day off. As an adult I would take the day off and used PTO if I had it or take it off non paid.

Now the schools closed for these holidays is because they wouldn't have enough staff or students in the classrooms, so they closed for the holidays. There are some other Jewish holidays that as a kid my mom kept me home from school. In college some of my classes were cancelled, some were not.

 

[The 4 "Quay"balleros]

My kids have 27 days off. 7 half days (11:30 dismissal). Oh and EVERY Wednsday they get off 1.5 hours early (37 days).

To repeat myself, HOLY COW

 

[bettymae1121]

We can take a day of our vacation time (with prior approval for the time off) if a religous holiday falls on a workday. For example, Good Friday, a fair amount of people at my office schedule a day off that day. If they have vacation time accured they are paid. If they don't, they can take it as an upaid day.

The only paid holidays we get are Federal holidays.

 

[tvguy]

I think, although I don't know, that if you have personal/vacation leave accrued that they might be obligated to let you use it.

That's correct. TV is a 24/7/365 business, so while a few folks get Christmas and Good Friday off, generally you get a comp day to take another time, or double time, your choice.

Years ago I had a go worker who actually tried to get Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanza off as religious holidays. Boss said, pick one, you can have it. He picked Christmas. He was African American and Jewish, go figure?

 

[snykymom]

He was African American and Jewish, go figure?

There are many.

Of course, as Sam Goldwyn said to Sammy Davis Jr., when he asked for Yom Kippur off of filming Porgy & Bess:
"Actors I can fight. Directors I can fight. But a one-eyed little black Jewish fella? This I cannot fight."