CVS Holiday Pays

Started by 52pharm89
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
Get help with your application

Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.

52pharm89

New Member
5+ Year Member
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
I'm confused with the holiday pay. Our store was closed for thanksgiving day. My base is 40 hours, during the week of thanksgiving. I would normally work 12 hours shift on Thursday, but I was supposed to be off on thanksgiving day. Initially, I got paid 32 hours plus 8 hours holiday pay. But for the most recent payroll, my payroll was subtracted by additional 4 hours. Is it because my original shift is 12 hours so they deducted to make it up? But I supposed to be off anyway. The past two years my payroll was only deducted by 6 or 8 hours. Is there anything new the company is doing? I overheard someone talked about make up the holiday hours. I'm so confused. Can someone explain this for me please. Thanks
 
Last edited:
I do 12 hour shifts at my store also so I can answer your question. Holiday pays, PTO (vacation,sick) are all maxed at 8 hours each day. They cannot give you 12 hours as your holiday pay just because your shift is 12 hours. The limit is always 8 hours. That's why taking a vacation or sick time will lead to a smaller paycheck because you are getting 8 hours per day off and losing that 4 hours difference.
 
I do 12 hour shifts at my store also so I can answer your question. Holiday pays, PTO (vacation,sick) are all maxed at 8 hours each day. They cannot give you 12 hours as your holiday pay just because your shift is 12 hours. The limit is always 8 hours. That's why taking a vacation or sick time will lead to a smaller paycheck because you are getting 8 hours per day off and losing that 4 hours difference.

They do not do that for me. If I take off, it's 12 hours pto. If I call in sick, 12 hours sick time.

Holiday pay is 8 hours, though. But that doesn't affect me because my pharmacy doesn't close. I just get the extra 8 hours added to my pay.
 
When I was with them that holiday pay situation depended on the boss. The first one didn't give a ****; you put down your base and the holiday pay was additional. The second one followed the rules; if the holiday landed on your shift and the store was closed you were responsible for making up your hours. Example: If your shift was 12 hours, you get the 8 hours holiday and had to let them know when you were making up the other 4 hours in order to get paid for them.

In your case if you were supposed to be off anyway then you got screwed. It should be base + holiday. Hope you get it straightened out