9/80 Work Schedule

[hertz11a]

What is the name of your state? Texas

If you are a salaried employee and you work a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) is the following acceptable for the company to do.

If an employee needs to come in and work on his Friday off he looses that day off - he can not bank it and use it later even though he has put in all the required hours.

Employees working the 9/80 are expected to use their day off for doctor apts etc. while folks working the traditional 5 day a week schedule are given time off for doc apts etc.

Are their any legal guidelines around this because this double standard doesn't seem right?

 

[cbg]

I will assume that by salaried you mean exempt. The two are not synonymous.

What you describe is perfectly legal. An exempt employee is expected to put in whatever hours are needed to get the job done. If that means putting in more hours on occasion, then that's what it means. Despite what many appear to believe, an exempt is not paid on the basis of 40 hours per week, or even 80 hours per pay period. They are paid on the basis of completing the work they are responsible for.

There is nothing unreasonable about expecting ANY employee, exempt or non-exempt, who works a 9/80 schedule to schedule doctor's appointments and so on for their day off.