Travel Pay in California: What and When to Pay Employees on the Move

California Employer Resources Webinar

Wednesday, August 8, 2012
10:30 a.m. to Noon Pacific

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1. Live Conference       $189      
2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $259      
3. CD Recording Only       $189      

Wage & hour litigation and Department of Labor enforcement remain two of HR's biggest challenges. Last year alone, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division received 40,000 complaints, a 15 percent increase over the previous year.

Travel-related issues in particular pose a significant risk for wage & hour claims since the line between employer time and employee time can blur.

Unless your workforce is home-based, your employees are commuting to and from the workplace, to and from jobsites; and to and from hotels, airports, and conferences when they’re on business. Even telecommuters may be entitled to pay for travel time in certain instances.

The increase in complaints is of particular concern for employers in California because wage & hour claims have the potential to evolve into costly class action lawsuits. And, as always, California's employee-friendly wage & hour laws impose additional burdens on employers.

Participate in this interactive webinar on August 8, and you'll learn:

  • Key issues you must be able to identify to determine if travel time should be considered work time
  • How the California Labor Code and California Wage Orders may affect your existing workplace travel pay policies
  • Best practices for ensuring you’ve got it right when determining whether commuting time or travel during regular work hours qualifies as paid work time
  • Whether travel between jobsites is compensable under state and federal law
  • Common compliance roadblocks to conquer, such as discerning how to compensate for overnight travel and paying employees for time spent at training programs, seminars, and conferences
  • Special factors that could change your travel pay obligations, such as employees driving their own vehicles or responding to work-related emergencies
  • How laptops and smartphones affect payment for travel
  • If and when telecommuters may be entitled to compensation for their travel
  • Best practices for drafting an effective travel pay policy for your organization

In just 90 minutes, you'll learn everything you need to know to stay in compliance with the latest wage & hour laws affecting employee travel time compensation in California. Register now for this must-attend event risk-free.

About your Speaker:

Attorney Robert J. Wenbourne of Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi P.C. represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law. With more than 20 years of experience, he has practiced extensively before the National Labor Relations Board representing employers in union organizing and unfair labor practices proceedings; and he represents employers in state and federal court and before state and federal agencies.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). This program is also a California-specific continuing education activity for PHR-CA and SPHR-CA recertification. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

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