So here's the situation – hourly, non-exempt employee, asked by manager to work on company holiday to complete month-end work on time. Promised day off later to make up for not taking the holiday off.
Question though – aren't hourly employees supposed to be paid double their hourly rate if they work on a holiday? If, instead, they're being offered a paid day off on a regular day, when they'd only be paid their regular rate if they were working that day, aren't they being under-compensated, by half, for working on the holiday? Shouldn't comp time for working on a holiday then be two days, not just one?
Is this legal? In California if it matters.