Should my elementary school be requiring us to work with students on Memorial day?
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Should my elementary school be requiring us to work with students on Memorial day?
Asked on March 30, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
First, contrary to widespread belief, there is no law against working on a national holiday, so there is nothing inherently illegal about this.
In terms of whether your or other employees can be made to do this, it depends on whether you have a contract, including a union or collective bargaining agreement, or not. If you do, then whatever it says about holidays, total days worked, etc. will govern. Without a contract or union agreement, your employer may ask you to work on a holiday, weekend, etc.
For whatever it's worth, they school probably *shouldn't* do this, given the important of what is memoralized on that day--but "shouldn't" and "can't" are very different things.
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