On the road again: Compensating work related travel
After limiting work related travel due to the pandemic, many employers are sending their employees to out-of-town sales meetings, conferences, and trainings. Here are the rules of the road for compensating California employees for work-related travel.
Non exempt employees must be compensated for employer mandated travel time
Employees exempt from overtime rules, such as executives, professionals, and high level administrators, are paid a set salary of at least twice the state hourly minimum wage to perform their duties, however long it takes. They are not entitled to extra compensation for traveling on business.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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