How is the travel time counted if an employee does not travel directly between the homes of two individuals receiving services? Read More How is the travel time counted if an employee does not travel directly between the homes of two individuals receiving services?
If an employee provides services to multiple individuals during the workday and must travel between these worksites, does that travel time count as work time that must be paid? Read More If an employee provides services to multiple individuals during the workday and must travel between these worksites, does that travel time count as work time that must be paid?
Must an employer pay for the employee’s drive or travel time from home to the residence of the individual receiving services? Read More Must an employer pay for the employee’s drive or travel time from home to the residence of the individual receiving services?
Under my state law, all sleep time during which a home care worker is required to be in the home must be paid at the state minimum wage or higher. In other words, under state law, all sleeping hours must be included as worked, paid time. But under the federal FLSA, this sleep time can under many circumstances be excluded from hours worked. Must those hours, because they are paid pursuant to state law, be included in a calculation of overtime due pursuant to the FLSA? Read More Under my state law, all sleep time during which a home care worker is required to be in the home must be paid at the state minimum wage or higher. In other words, under state law, all sleeping hours must be included as worked, paid time. But under the federal FLSA, this sleep time can under many circumstances be excluded from hours worked. Must those hours, because they are paid pursuant to state law, be included in a calculation of overtime due pursuant to the FLSA?
If an employee lives in the employer’s home, what constitutes compensable hours worked? Read More If an employee lives in the employer’s home, what constitutes compensable hours worked?
Can a third party employer enter into an agreement with a live-in domestic service employee that excludes sleep time and other off-duty time? Read More Can a third party employer enter into an agreement with a live-in domestic service employee that excludes sleep time and other off-duty time?
What if an employee is up multiple times throughout the night or all night providing services? Read More What if an employee is up multiple times throughout the night or all night providing services?
What if an employee whose sleep time is generally properly excluded from hours worked is woken up to provide services to a consumer for one hour? Read More What if an employee whose sleep time is generally properly excluded from hours worked is woken up to provide services to a consumer for one hour?
If the employee refuses to enter into the agreement to exclude sleep time, may the employer terminate the employment relationship? Read More If the employee refuses to enter into the agreement to exclude sleep time, may the employer terminate the employment relationship?
If the employee has already been providing domestic service to an individual, family, or household and does not have an agreement about sleep time, must the employer now pay for all sleep time? Read More If the employee has already been providing domestic service to an individual, family, or household and does not have an agreement about sleep time, must the employer now pay for all sleep time?
