Re: Please help! Losing money going to work!

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On 6/08/07, CSD wrote:
> My husband has been told to attend a series of seminars in
> order to become certified in several areas for work.
> These workshops are located 120 miles from his regular
> work destination. The commute there is 2 hours each way.
> He is hourly, and his employer says he only gets paid for
> the time that he is at the workshop...therefore only 4
> hours per day. He normally works a 10 hour shift. On top
> of that, they said first way mileage is not reimburseable
> since the workshop is technically his first "work"
> destination. He is working and losing money...this just
> doesn't seem right! Anyone have any advice?

Under federal law, travel time is compensible unless the
travel time is outside of normal hours of work AND the
employee is a passenger on a plane, boat, bus, or
automobile. Assuming that's not the case, then your
husband's travel time must be paid. Your husband should
either (a) inform his supervisor/HR department that they
need to review federal (and State) wage and hour laws
regarding paying for travel time, or (b) contact your
State's Department of Labor and file acomplaint.