When is travel time considered “hours worked” for purposes of computing overtime pay due?
You should try to apply the usual FLSA rules to travel-time issues. Here is a summary of the general rules which cover most situations: Commuting/Local Travel a. Normal commuting to and from work is not considered hours worked. b. Travel between a normal place of reporting and an assignment is hours worked. c. Travel between one assignment and another during a work day is hours worked. One-Day Trips Out of Town a. Travel between home and a place of assignment on a one-day trip to another city generally is hours worked. Different rules may apply to employees who ordinarily travel from home to a variety of work locations. b. If such travel is by air, the time spent traveling between home and the airport, in both directions, is not counted as hours worked. Overnight Trips by Air a. Travel on overnight trips by air counts as hours worked when it occurs during normal working hours, even if the travel occurs on a weekend or other day off. b. If it occurs outside of normal working hours, trav
