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I am pretty sure all the laws will be roughly the same.

If your required to ride in the truck by the boss you must be paid.
 
The company I work for does not pay the first hour of travel to and from the job site. Everything after that is paid. I do not mind that setup because many times I have had to drive to Vermont or long drives to western Mass. So if it's a 4 hour ride I get paid for 3. Some guys won't put up with it but I feel that it is fair to my employer.
 
I get paid from when I get to the shop till when I decide to go home, the ride home is on my time, so basically I get paid one way travel.... which is fine by me since we basically work local and I have a company vehicle...
 
My policy is you get to the shop at 7:00 and your day starts. You do not get paid driving back to shop. Essentially this is being paid 50% for travel time both ways, which I believe is the law. But if travel time exceeds 40 minutes I pay full rate for travel that exceeds this time.
 
electricguy61 said:
My guys start their time when they start laoding their truck at the shop, and are paid for drive time to the job. From the last jobsite to shop is not paid.

I don't pay overtime for driving.
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j_erickson said:
My policy is you get to the shop at 7:00 and your day starts. You do not get paid driving back to shop.
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I guess this is pretty common, but I just don't agree with it. IMHO if your work day starts at the shop it ends at the shop. Anything in between is all in a days work. I think you're taking advantage of your employee if you expect him to drive your truck back to your shop on his own time. How about if he just leaves your truck in the customers driveway at the end of his day and gets a ride straight home?
 
I had a guy do that left it on the side of the road...I had fired him for lying 3 different times said he was at work and he was in the bar....GOOD RIDDENCE
 
JES2727 said:
I guess this is pretty common, but I just don't agree with it. IMHO if your work day starts at the shop it ends at the shop. Anything in between is all in a days work. I think you're taking advantage of your employee if you expect him to drive your truck back to your shop on his own time. How about if he just leaves your truck in the customers driveway at the end of his day and gets a ride straight home?
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Before you judge me, look at the complete picture. How about my employee leaves my truck in the driveway, gets a ride home, and stays there? I treat my guys very well and they have no complaints.
 
thankyou for everyone's input .... i feel that i should be paid for the ride back to the shop . now i have to convince my boss to pay me for my time which i dont think hes going to do
 
stickboy1375 said:
Thats very nice of you...
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I just figure that if we are working further away than a half hour or so, I will have factored travel into the bid. We are working on Cape Cod on a project and it is about an hour and a half. We are working longer days, so they get time and a half for that ride. I try to treat everyone as I would like to be treated.
 
j_erickson said:
I just figure that if we are working further away than a half hour or so, I will have factored travel into the bid. We are working on Cape Cod on a project and it is about an hour and a half. We are working longer days, so they get time and a half for that ride. I try to treat everyone as I would like to be treated.
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I probably would not complain about the non-pay for the ride home, but you definitely make someone feel appreciated...
 
Cooper Electrical said:
thankyou for everyone's input .... i feel that i should be paid for the ride back to the shop . now i have to convince my boss to pay me for my time which i dont think hes going to do
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Have you checked NJs laws? He may not have a choice. This happened where I worked a few years back - we got paid for morning travel only. A new employee raised a stink about it, and we found out the company (unknowingly) was breaking the law. Now - travel time both ways.
 
JohnJ0906 said:
Have you checked NJs laws? He may not have a choice. This happened where I worked a few years back - we got paid for morning travel only. A new employee raised a stink about it, and we found out the company (unknowingly) was breaking the law. Now - travel time both ways.
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How long did that guy last? ;) :grin:
 
j_erickson said:
Before you judge me, look at the complete picture. How about my employee leaves my truck in the driveway, gets a ride home, and stays there? I treat my guys very well and they have no complaints.
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I'm not judging you Mr Erikson, just disagreeing.
I'm an employer too, just like you. I would not ask my guys to drive my truck back to the shop on their own time.
 
JohnJ0906 said:
A new employee raised a stink about it, and we found out the company (unknowingly) was breaking the law. Now - travel time both ways.
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The company could have just as easily said 'Fine, everyone meets at the job' There is no law that the company has to provide transportation.
 
JES2727 said:
I'm not judging you Mr Erikson, just disagreeing.
I'm an employer too, just like you. I would not ask my guys to drive my truck back to the shop on their own time.
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So now the question is this, do they leave the job early to get back to the shop on time, or do you pay them overtime?
 
stickboy1375 said:
How long did that guy last? ;) :grin:
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Actually, a few months longer.

I'd worked with him elsewhere, so I know that he was possibly also 1)drinking on the job 2)leaving job early 3)excesive calling in sick

He was willing to give them plenty of excuses to let him go.
 
I know that a company I worked for previously had an employee file a grevence over this issue. (Before my time there) End result: ALL employees, wether still working there or not, got 3 years back pay of that travel time they didn't get paid for.

Thats a BIG $ hit.
 
I have never worked a job that paid both ways and I do not pay both ways.If someone does not want to ride to and from the shop they can drive I do not make it mandatory you ride in my trucks.My GF takes his home at night.
 
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