SEPTEMBER
2004
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Q.
Sometimes non-exempt employees at our company must
travel in the course of
their workday and occasionally even overnight. Is this travel
time considered
hours worked?
A. For
travel occurring all in one day, travel time between work
locations for both
drivers and passengers is always hours worked. Likewise,
travel time to an out
of town work location is considered hours worked. Normal
commuting,
however, is never hours worked.
When out of town overnight, any travel done during the employee’s
normal
work hours, even on days of the week normally off such as
weekends, is to be
counted as hours worked. Travel time outside of the employee’s
normal work
hours is not considered hours worked for passengers but is
hours worked if the
employee is driving.
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