A retail employer must allow full-time employees (defined in the following statute as those who work more than 30 hours in a week) at least one 24-hour period off in seven, i.e., each week, the employee must be allowed to have a day off.
For instance, did you know that despite the fact that Texas has no state-specific leave laws, up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year can still be granted to eligible employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? This can have a significant impact on your workforce management.
When a holiday falls on a nonworkday outside a full-time employee's basic workweek, he or she is entitled to an "in lieu of" holiday. The general rule is that the "in lieu of" holiday is the workday immediately preceding the nonworkday on which the holiday fell.