question about comp time/overtime

[huberm]

on Easter Sunday I got called in to work to make some repairs. I was called at around 5AM and made the repairs and was home by 7. Anyways, I requested approval to receive 8hrs comp time for this, reasons being:
1) Minimum for any off-hours call in is 4hrs.
2) Any Sunday or holiday is paid double time.
3) no overtime pay is authorized - only comp time

Today I got an email from my boss denying approval for the comp time, and he only approved me for 2hrs. He said Easter Sunday is not a federal holiday so it isn't considered a holiday at our company, and they are now only doing comp time in 2hr chunks. I replied with something along the lines of "That is fine, however, in the future I will have to re-evaluate my priorities when I am called in on an emergency". I won't receive a response to this until Tuesday.

is this the norm, or did I just get screwed? Also, do you think I will get fired due to my response to my boss?

 

[Tobolo]

boned

 

[Feneant2]

I think you got screwed, I would not work in a place like that, it would be 8 hours here

 

[Sphexi]

I don't think there are any specific laws on it, but most companies pay better than that for such a thing. Sounds like your boss is trying to screw you.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: huberm
on Easter Sunday I got called in to work to make some repairs. I was called at around 5AM and made the repairs and was home by 7. Anyways, I requested approval to receive 8hrs comp time for this, reasons being:
1) Minimum for any off-hours call in is 4hrs.
2) Any Sunday or holiday is paid double time.
3) no overtime pay is authorized - only comp time

Today I got an email from my boss denying approval for the comp time, and he only approved me for 2hrs. He said Easter Sunday is not a federal holiday so it isn't considered a holiday at our company, and they are now only doing comp time in 2hr chunks. I replied with something along the lines of "That is fine, however, in the future I will have to re-evaluate my priorities when I am called in on an emergency". I won't receive a response to this until Tuesday.

is this the norm, or did I just get screwed? Also, do you think I will get fired due to my response to my boss?

Ok, even with 2 hours chunks, it was still a sunday so shouldn't the double time still applyh (e.g. paid for the equivalent of 4 hours)?

 

[imported_LoKe]

You got it up the pooper. But technically, Easter isn't a national holiday.

 

[olds]

Caller ID FTW

 

[Mrvile]

I work at a banquet center and, although I didn't work on Easter sunday (I was out of town), my friends told me that they all got paid 12 and hour instead of the regular 7 or 8. You got screwed buddy.

 

[huberm]

I hate the fact that I got up at 5AM to go in for compensation of 2hrs......sadly, its not the first time I've been screwed on comp time.

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: LoKe
You got it up the pooper. But technically, Easter isn't a national holiday.

But, it's still a Sunday. According to the OP, the pay is doubled on Sundays and holidays.

 

[Looney]

Sounds like BS to me. Does he have it in writing of all these changes? I think you did the right thing... but you're probably gonna get your ass canned! But i would have done the same thing too.

 

[DaiShan]

Yout got screwed. That being said, my last employer was the exact same way. I'd gotten approved time-off for a Friday before a holiday and posted that I would return on the following Monday. Saturday morning I received a call saying that there was an emergency at the office and that I needed to come right in. Silly me, I thought there was an *actual* emergency, like a fire in the server room or something. Actually what happened was the company hired a handy-man (not an electrician) to do some wiring work, and he cut through several cat 5 runs to user workstations. I told them that it wasn't mission critical and that I was going home to enjoy my holiday but I was told that it *must* be fixed by Monday morning.

Long story short, I fixed the cabling, got paid only for the hours that I worked (no holiday time as the office was not scheduled to be open that day) I quit about a month later to focus on my company and haven't looked back