[QUAD-L] Time and half holiday pay for CNAs?

[Daniel Gove]

Hi all,
 Been a while since I've been on this list, I hope you all are well.  
Just curious how many of you, if any, pay your CNAs time and a half on  
holidays? If so, which holidays do you pay it? I ask because one of my 
CNAs (morning CNA) mentioned it last Easter, saying she should be 
getting holiday pay because of the Easter holiday. Thing is, she's been 
working for me for several years now and never mentioned it before and I 
never paid any of my CNAs holiday pay and never offered. Because she's 
an excellent CNA and had been complaining about her hourly pay, I 
decided to give her and the evening CNA the holiday pay.

Problem is, the evening CNA then started asking about holiday pay on 
Memorial Day and I'm sure they'll be expecting it on Independence day. 
I'm not going to pay them time and a half every holiday, probably just 
the major holidays like Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving Etc. Just 
curious how others handle the situati on? What, if any holidays do you 
pay your CNAs time and a half holiday pay?  While we're on the subject 
of pay, can I ask how much you pay your CNAs per hour? I pay mine $25 an 
hour which I thought was decent. I get 2 hours of care in the morning 
and 1 hour at night. Thanks for any info!

Dan G.