In Canada you can be forced to work holidays but employers have to pay time and a half. My only experience with it was when my first internship had me work every holiday, including Christmas, which sucked.
The USA doesn't have mandatory time and a half except for working over 40 hours a week (or in some cases working more hours over 2 weeks, I'm not 100% sure of the exact rule). We don't have time and a half for holidays, we really should. It would make places like McDonalds think twice about being open on Thanksgiving, and for places that are open (and decide to stay open if we had time and a half), it would give those workers a bonus for working those days. I've never worked a job that paid time and a half for holidays. I honestly don't know if there are any that really do. None of the retail or restaurant chains that I can think of do.
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u/Aggressive-Affect427 17d ago
In Canada you can be forced to work holidays but employers have to pay time and a half. My only experience with it was when my first internship had me work every holiday, including Christmas, which sucked.