It's such a load of bullshit.
My company has the same policy that quite a few large ones have.
Unless you're using PTO, you must work the shift before and the shift after to qualify for holiday pay.
Our company has Juneteenth as a paid holiday.
Well, last Thursday, June 15th, we get informed last minute that Saturday is now “mandatory overtime” for everyone.
Fuck anyone who had already made plans for a three day weekend (and let's not forget it was also Father's Day the 18th in the US).
Myself and many others no longer have any PTO for the year.
Our PTO is divided between vacation time and personal time. Most of us schedule the majority of our vacation time at the beginning of the year, and even some of us who save a few days to use last minute, were still screwed….because the company does not allow vacation days to be used for mandated Saturdays.
As for our “personal time” we get 40 hours per year. Personal time can be used for mandated OT, but by June quite a few employees have used their 40 hours. Mainly because that's our sick time as well. Those 40 hours a year are for everything….whether you're sick, your car breaks down, your kids sick, etc.
I 100% believe this was strategically done to try and avoid paying as many people as possible for the holiday.
Last Thursday, when they announced the mandate last minute, we were actually shutting down some production lines because we had an EXCESS of product and literally no place to put it. There was literally no room for it.
Those who did show up on Saturday, said they spent about 4-6 hours of the shift sitting around because the lines couldn't be ran.
This was a calculated move by a billion dollar corporation to reduce how many people they had to pay for the holiday.
And it fucking sucks that we let corporations get away with bullshit like this in the US.