Should an employee be paid for travel time?
You must be paid at least minimum wage or your regular hourly rate for travel time. California law requires you be paid at least the minimum wage for all “hours worked” including travel time. That means you must be paid the higher local minimum wage for the hours you work.
Is travel included in working hours?
Travel time to and from work is not usually counted as working hours. However, travel as part of the employee’s duties is. Lunch breaks are not working hours (but a working lunch is). Being on standby to be called out, if the employee is at the place of work, is counted as working hours.
Do employers have to pay for business travel?
According to the DLSE, California law requires employers to pay travel time if they require an employee, on a short-time basis, to travel anything more than a minor distance to report to a worksite other than the employee’s usual workplace.
How much should I get paid for working out of town?
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that employees be compensated at one and a half times their normal hourly wage for every hour worked in excess of a 40 hours in a workweek. Employees often incur overtime on business trips and must be compensated for this time.
Do you have to pay for out of town travel?
Hourly employees are covered by this law and generally must be paid for out-of-town travel. Many businesses struggle to understand what counts as travel and which hours must be paid.
Do you have to pay for travel to work?
Traveling The U.S Department of Labor does not require employers to pay for the time it takes an employee to travel to and from work. If travel time is directly associated with the job, however, then the employer must pay the worker for that time.
Do you have to pay for business trips?
Business trips to other states or cities must be paid. Travel to and from the airport does not have to be paid; this travel is analogous to travel to and from work. However, time spent waiting for the plane, in the plane and renting a car or waiting for a cab must be covered at the employee’s normal hourly rate.
Do you get paid when you go on an overnight trip?
An employer can deduct the time it takes for his employee to arrive at the airport, but he must pay her for all hours during the trip that is work-related, notes the U.S. Department of Labor. When an employer sends a worker out of town on an overnight trip, the employee is paid for all hours she actually works.