Q: I drive my Personal vehicle to the office then get in the Company truck and drive to job site my company dont pay me
For the 1st hour to the job site and from the job site to my personal vehicle Is this legal
A: Probably not. You should also be concerned about insurance, both automotive and worker's compensation. If the company is not paying you for this time I would question whether their insurance carriers would pay an insurance claim.
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A: Yes it is legal. Why should the employer pay you to drive to work? What if you decided to live 4 hours away? Would you pay YOUR employees (if you had some) for their drive time?
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A: But see 29 C.F.R. § 785.38 (“[T]ravel from job site to job site during the workday, must be counted as hours worked. Where an employee is required to report at a meeting place to receive instructions or to perform other work there, or to pick up and to carry tools, the travel from the designated place to the work place is part of the day’s work, and must be counted as hours worked regardless of contract, custom, or practice.”).
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