Do You Have the 3 Secrets Known your California Labor Attorneys to Getting Paid for Travel from Location to Location?

It is rough being on the road and even rougher if youand at any hour of the day, and different work groups
are not paid for it. California law provides that youor employees may have different work weeks. One is
MUST be paid for travel from location to location andnot permitted to average hours over two or more
your labor attorney can help. If you can spare 60weeks.
seconds this article will give you the knowledge toSecret 3: When it comes to California Overtime, drive
claim this travel time.time may be considered “hours worked”
In accordance to overtime law in California, workand may even be subject to overtime pay. If a travel
activities as opposed to job titles, govern whether aworker from location to location elects to drive his/her
travel employee is entitled to overtime pay. Underown vehicle, an employer may elect to count as hours
California Overtime regulations, overtime law looks toworked either the time spent driving or the time which
what employees do over half the work timewould have been counted as hours worked if the
(overtime). While employers sometimes giveemployee used other means of transportation. If the
employees untrue work titles for the mere purpose oftravel worker is required to drive—regardless of
avoiding overtime pay, this doesn’t affectwhen it occurs—it must be considered hours
employees’ overtime rights. An employer mustworked. If the time happens to fall outside the normal
pay overtime pay unless it can prove an employee iswork week of 40 hours, it is subject to overtime pay.
“exempt” from the overtime requirements.Secret 4: In regards to California Overtime Laws
Under California Overtime Laws, there are a fewemployers will also be required to reimburse an
responsibilities required of employers.employee for the total expenses by the end of the
Secret 1: Employers will be required to providemonth—following the month in which expenses
employees with an itemized statement in writing whichincurred. They must also maintain and keep all of the
explains the calculation of the mileage reimbursementrecords related to each request including overtime pay
or overtime pay. Employers will also be required toand hours. All records will have to be in legible ink with
include the starting and ending of the time period forthe valid date and the duration of three years at the
which the mileage reimbursement check was issuedplace of employment or headquarters in California.
under California Overtime Laws. They will also beUnder California Labor Law Overtime, the state may
required to list the rate of reimbursement used as wellrequire random inspection of the records. Each
as the amount of miles being reimbursed.employee's records should be available for inspection
Secret 2: Overtime is paid to non-exempt travelby the employee under California Overtime regulations.
workers for the hours worked in excess of 40 in aIf you are a California employee and believe you are
given work week. A work week is a fixed andowed Overtime or your employer has violated your
regularly recurring period of 168 hours or even sevenrights, take action now and talk to an Experienced
consecutive 24-hour periods. It may start on any dayCalifornia Labor Attorney.