In Texas, can a public school district get away with not giving hourly emp any paid holidays or daily duty free breaks?
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In Texas, can a public school district get away with not giving hourly emp any paid holidays or daily duty free breaks?
I work for Plano ISD since 1999. Never
get a duty free break or any paid
holidays labor, memorial,
thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years,
mlk, Presidents’ Day
Asked on April 18, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Some states require employers to provide a meal break, rest break or both. Unfortunately TX isn’t one of them. Additinally, an employer is not required to provide paid holidays either (in any state). All of the foregoing holds true unless the terms of an employment contract or union agreement provides otherwise. The fact is that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination or state law to the contrary. For your part, you can either continue to accept these conditions, complsain but rik termination, or quit.
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