Do holidays count for overtime?

During a holiday week, does the "overtime over 40 hours" still apply or does 40 hours get reduced to 32 hours and anything over 32 hours is considered OT?

M	T	W	T	F
H	8	8	10	8	= 34 hours worked + 8 hours holiday
				or	= 32 hours REG + 2 hours OT + 8 hours holiday

Rita Risser's response:

Legally, holidays do not count as "hours worked." (Some companies have union contracts that do include holidays as hours worked, but that is a different issue.)

For example, let's say Monday was a holiday and you then worked five days (including Saturday) 8 hours a day. You would not be entitled to any overtime for that week, because you only worked 40 hours.

In the example you gave, it would be 34 hours regular pay.

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