Overtime Travel - California?

Question

Say you have a meeting on Tuesday that lasts 4 hours, and choose to travel Monday evening to get to that meeting. Does the time spent traveling on Monday count as overtime because you spent more than 8 hours with work+ travel, even if you don't work more than 40 hours that week?

Answer 1

the time you wonder about is addressed in labor law.

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/complian...

travel time that is in your car that is to a work assignment outside your normal area of work is considered work hours however what you propose is you driving on Monday when it is not a necessity.

if you, by your own choice, leave a day early then that is not work time or overtime in California. if you get up and drive on Tuesday then attend a meeting and drive home on Tuesday and exceed 8 hours in doing so then on Tuesday there would be overtime. if the employer requires you to drive on Monday then yes that time is overtime if you have exceeded 8 hours for the day.

in California the total number of hours in a week does not effect the overtime for working in excess of 8 hours in a day or overtime for working a seventh day in a work week.

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_Overtime....

Answer 2

I haven't ever been paid for travel.

Answer 3

It depends on corporate policy and whether or not you are an exempt employee.

I travelled for years and never got paid for the lost time.