Salary compensation when business closed?

[lathaen]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA

At the beginning of this year our department was changed from plain salary to either salary exempt or salary non-exempt. There are also 3 people that are hourly employees.

In previous years, we worked Sunday before Thanksgiving to "make-up" the time for Friday after Thanksgiving. This way we got a 4 day weekend. This was for all employees - salary and hourly.

This year, the manufacturing plant will close for a full week during Thanksgiving. The posting of schedule states that we will not get paid for Mon, Tue, Wed, and Fri, but that we will get paid for Thu which is the holiday.

My questions are these:

Do the salary exempt employees have a right to get paid for the full week?

Do the salary non-exempt employees have a right to get paid for the full week?

Do the hourly employees have a right to get paid for the full week?

Thank you

[ecmst12]

Non exempt employees do not EVER have to be paid for days when they do not work.

Exempt employees do not have to be paid when they do no work for a full week.

Hourly/salary are meaningless designations. Only exempt/non exempt matter.