Are employees supposed to get paid when traveling to and from the shop to a jobsite?
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Are employees supposed to get paid when traveling to and from the shop to a jobsite?
Asked on March 19, 2013 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Yes: travel time, if it's not the before and after work commute to/from home, is work time, and employees must be paid for it. So if you go to work first, then to the jobsite, then back to work, that travel is paid; but if you go directly from home to the jobsite, then that would usually be considered your morning commute to work and would not be paid.
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