Is travel time the same as mileage?
In short, you have to pay employees an hourly rate when they’re running errands for you and you don’t have to, but probably should, reimburse them for mileage at the same time. The most important thing to note is that reimbursing mileage does not release the employer from their responsibility to pay travel time wages.
Can a pay rate be set for travel time?
Employers are free to set a lower pay rate for travel time as long as it is at or above minimum wage. It’s complicated to track multiple pay rates for a single employee. That’s why using a time tracking service that supports variable rates is useful for employees who travel.
Do you count travel time as working time?
If an employee has a fixed place of work (such as an office they go to every day), it’s up to the employer to decide whether travel time between home and work counts as working time. An employee should check their employment contract if they’re not sure. Usually, an employee’s regular commute to and from work will not be counted as working time.
Do you get paid when you travel between work and home?
Travel between home and work may count as working time for them. It’s still up to the employer to decide if the employee gets paid for this time. The employer must follow National Minimum Wage law.
Do you have to pay overtime for travel time?
Any travel time spent driving (other than the normal commute), the driver is always working (regardless of the time of day or day of week) To help with the expense of overtime, some employers choose to pay drive/travel time at a lower rate than the employee’s regular pay rate.
Employers are free to set a lower pay rate for travel time as long as it is at or above minimum wage. It’s complicated to track multiple pay rates for a single employee. That’s why using a time tracking service that supports variable rates is useful for employees who travel.
When is travel time considered to be work time?
Travel time which is “all in a day’s work” is work time. Usually, this means that travel time is work time if it occurs between when the employee first arrives at the first work site and before the employee leaves the last work site at the end of the work day.
Do you get paid for time travel from home to work?
While most of the time travel from home to work is not compensable, there are some exceptions. These include: Additionally, California applies another exception. Employees in California who must take their employer’s transportation should be paid for the time they spend waiting for and riding that transportation.
When do you deduct compensable travel time from your paycheck?
When an employee who regularly works at a fixed location is given a special one-day assignment in another city, the time spent traveling to and returning from the other city is compensable work time. However, the employee’s regular home to work travel time or travel for home to public transportation may deducted.