In this blog series, we look at a variety of activities and discuss whether an employer has to pay its non-exempt (i.e., overtime-eligible) employees for their time spent engaging in.
Washington employers should rethink their policies on paying non-exempt employees for travel time based upon a recent appellate court ruling that travel time for out-of-town travel is.
Washington Court of Appeals in Port of Tacoma v. Sacks, No. 54498-9-II rules that travel time for out-of-town travel is considered compensable hours worked as a matter of Washington law.
In Pennsylvania, employers' obligations to pay minimum wages and overtime are primarily governed by two statutes: (i) the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
For decades, there has been a lively debate as to whether paying non-exempt employees for out-of-town travel time in accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules.