Is a worker entitled to the prevailing wage rate for travel time?
No. Workers are not entitled to the prevailing wage rate for time spent traveling from their home to a job or the employer’s place of business or the return trip home. Under certain circumstances travel pay may be required for time spent traveling from an employer’s place of business to a job. Time spent traveling during the workday on the employer’s business may also require the payment of travel time. A worker is normally only entitled to an “agreed upon” wage rate for travel time. An “agreed upon” wage rate may not be less than the minimum wage. Prevailing wage rates are normally only required to be paid for work performed on the site of a project.
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