Travel Time

[tkb]

Does travel time have to be paid at time and a half if the total of worked time and travel time is over 40 hours?

1 hr travel in am
8 hrs work
1 hr travel in pm

10 hrs total per day for 5 days.

40 hrs worked
10 hrs travel

Does the travel have to be time and a half?

I'm not asking what you think, I am asking what the law is.
Also is this part regulated by federal or state law?

 

[Ponchik]

here is what i found. At least for the state of CA. And it seems like the labor law varies from state to state.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/31/smbusiness/driving_overtime.fsb/index.htm

 

[electricguy61]

I believe an employer can pay minimum wage for the drive time, which would significantly drop the hourly overtime cost.

 

[electricguy61]

http://www.garloward.com/2007/03/01/pay-for-travel-time-under-the-flsa-comin-and-goin/

 

[zbang]

It's very much a state thing, the federal requirements are only the minimum.

 

[bullheimer]

also if you are union you will have their rules to go by as well.

 

[cmreschke]

I believe an employer can pay minimum wage for the drive time, which would significantly drop the hourly overtime cost.

You could pay minimum wage for all of it but might not keep employees very long doing so.

 

[Fulthrotl]

also if you are union you will have their rules to go by as well.

a very common arraignment is to pay windshield time at straight time rate.

i've been in this situation as a foreman, and i put myself down at straight time rate
for the drive... but i was also getting up at 5 am, and going to bed at 1 am, and six
hours of that was windshield time... the rest of it was on the clock...
six days a week, and half day on sunday to get the next week lined up....

i'm not driving anywhere for minimum wage, but that's just my thoughts on it.

 

[electricguy61]

I believe an employer can pay minimum wage for the drive time, which would significantly drop the hourly overtime cost.

For the record, I don't pay minimum wage for driving, I just stated you could.

With traffic what it is now, drive time can be a big lost time problem though. We try to get to the job @ 7am, and leave @ 3:30pm, to ease the commute traffic problems.