Power Outage Pay

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This page explains how to pay employees during rolling blackouts or power failures.

Sending Employees Home Due to Power Outages

If there is a power outage, you can send employees home. Pay requirements differ for exempt and nonexempt employees.

Reporting time pay requirements do not apply when public utilities fail to supply electricity, water or gas, or there is a failure in the public utilities or sewer system. If you send a nonexempt employee home because of a power outage, you would only pay that employee

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