Hourly employee traveling but no OT

[Not_sure?]

The applies to the state of Michigan.

I worked as an hourly employee with no benefits for a university and part of my job included traveling on trips, sometimes as long as 10 or 12 days. I was instructed to fill out my time sheet for 40 hours only and never more than 8 hours a day.

Was I entitled to 24 hours of pay for each day I was traveling?

 

[Ohiogal]

The applies to the state of Michigan.

I worked as an hourly employee with no benefits for a university and part of my job included traveling on trips, sometimes as long as 10 or 12 days. I was instructed to fill out my time sheet for 40 hours only and never more than 8 hours a day.

Was I entitled to 24 hours of pay for each day I was traveling?

No. Were you WORKING the entire time or did you sleep? Did you see anything other than your job? Lounge at the hotel pool? Watch television?

 

[cbg]

No, you were not. But you *may* have been entitled to more than the straight 40 hours. It depends on how and when you traveled. And I am talking about the literal travel time - the time you were in the car, plane, train.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs53.htm

Under no circumstances are you entitled to the full 24 hours unless you were literally working for 24 hours.

 

[Not_sure?]

Thank you for the clarifications. The 24 hours was more tongue-in-cheek to throw out the most extreme case, but I understand that I should only count working hours.

So going back to the OT side of things, If I worked 6 days straight but was told to only put 5 days on my timesheet was I being taken advantage of?

 

[cbg]

Yes. You MUST be paid for all the time actually working. Whether you need to be paid for the time actually engaged in travel is dependent on a number of variable factors, but time spent working must be paid regardless.