Compensable Hours

Your employer must pay you overtime pay for all of the hours you work over 40 each week. Most employers violate the law by failing to pay employees for all of the hours they work. This usually happens in the following ways:

• Failing to pay employees for working before their shift (e.g., starting work early, getting ready for work, turning on acomputer, logging into programs, changing into a uniform, or gathering equipment)
• Failing to pay employees for working after their shift (e.g., finishing work late, changing out of auniform, cleaning a workstation)
• Failing to pay employees for working from home (e.g., checking email, taking phone calls)
• Failing to pay employees for work performed during meal periods (e.g., eating at a desk, eating while driving)
• Failing to pay employees for short rest periods (e.g., 5 to 20-minute rest periods)
• Failing to pay employees for travel time (e.g., to and from an employer's place of business and the job site, job site to job site)
• Failing to pay employees for trainings and meetings (e.g., during normal work hours, job related)
• Filing to pay employees for working on call (e.g., when employees cannot use the time for their own purposes)

If you believe you are owed unpaid wages or overtime as a result of not being paid for all of your work time, contact us right away.