Do I have to pay nonexempt employees for travel to seminars?
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When an employee is required to travel to attend a seminar, travel time also may be due. Travel time is all time in excess of an employee’s normal commute time. Employees traveling long distances frequently will work more than eight hours in a day and thus be entitled to overtime.
Employers are allowed to pay a different “travel pay” rate than an employee’s usual rate of pay. Keep in mind, however, that two rates of pay in the same workweek will change an employee’s regular rate of pay for the purpose of calculating any overtime, which may be due for that workweek.
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