Travel Pay
jerzal
34 Posts
I have looked on the Gov't site for this question but i just want to verify with other HR ppl.
We have an hourly mfg. ee who went on a trip last week w/one of the managers.
I beleive we only have to pay him for the travel time that occured during his normal work hours and of course any other time when he was actually working, but not for things like sitting in a hotel room, sleeping, etc.
Sound right? He isn't making a fuss or anything, I just want to make sure we do the right thing.
By the way, we are in PA.
Thanks,
Jenn
We have an hourly mfg. ee who went on a trip last week w/one of the managers.
I beleive we only have to pay him for the travel time that occured during his normal work hours and of course any other time when he was actually working, but not for things like sitting in a hotel room, sleeping, etc.
Sound right? He isn't making a fuss or anything, I just want to make sure we do the right thing.
By the way, we are in PA.
Thanks,
Jenn
Comments
Jenn
Chari
THis is from the DOL website:Fact Sheet #22: Hours Worked Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Travel Away from Home Community: Travel that keeps an employee away from home overnight is travel away from home. Travel away from home is clearly work time when it cuts across the employee's workday. The time is not only hours worked on regular working days during normal working hours but also during corresponding hours on nonworking days. As an enforcement policy the Division will not consider as work time that time spent in travel away from home outside of regular working hours as a passenger on an airplane, train, boat, bus, or automobile.
If his normal work hours are M-F 8-5 and he traveled home on Saturday and it took from 8-5, does he need to be paid for the saturday travel day. At first I said no but when I see this "corresponding hours on nonworking days" thing, I am confused. He traveled on Tuesday from 8-5 but that was a regular working day and we should pay him.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jenn
Good luck!
Sorry for the additional questions, but you need to ask to make the right decision on how many hours to pay the individual.
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Jenn