Department of Labor Publishes Guidance on Split-Worker Compensation
The Wage and Hour Division clarified when travel during the work day is compensable and when it is not.
By Nikki Johnson-Bolden
Jan 12, 2021
The Department of Labor issued a new guidance on December 31 detailing that employers are not required to pay travel time to employees who work from home for part of the work day, according to Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc.
The Wage and Hour Division addressed questions of compensation for partially remote work days and travel time in response by using two example scenarios a worker who commutes to a personal event in the middle of their shift, and a worker who drives to a doctor’s appointment during a shift. In both examples, it was determined that compensation for travel is not owed to the employee.