Talking to people working for others, I've ran across this a few times and I've not figured it out yet, but admittedly, not lost a lot of brain cells on it.
An employee from construction company X tells their employee to be at the shop at 6 am. They get there, yak with the boss as where to go that day, load up the company tools for what they need to do that day into the company truck, then leave to the jobsite--driving/riding in the company truck.
If the jobsite is within 45 minutes, they don't get paid for it as though they met a the shop at 6 am, they don't get paid until 6:45 am.
What's stated is they don't get paid for the first 45 minutes if the job is within 45 minutes of the shop.
Oh, and this is the same coming back from the jobsite to the shop.
So the way I figure it is this:
45 minutes morning, 45 minutes back = 1.5 hrs/day.
1.5 hrs/day x 5 days = 7.5 hrs (just short of one 8 hr day)
So, people working for these construction companies basically work 6 days per week, but only get paid for 5 days.
Anyone else heard of this?
Is this common?
And as a side note, if they are driving the company trucks, but are not "on the clock", and they get into an accident, who is liable? If they are not being paid, then they are not doing company work?
An employee from construction company X tells their employee to be at the shop at 6 am. They get there, yak with the boss as where to go that day, load up the company tools for what they need to do that day into the company truck, then leave to the jobsite--driving/riding in the company truck.
If the jobsite is within 45 minutes, they don't get paid for it as though they met a the shop at 6 am, they don't get paid until 6:45 am.
What's stated is they don't get paid for the first 45 minutes if the job is within 45 minutes of the shop.
Oh, and this is the same coming back from the jobsite to the shop.
So the way I figure it is this:
45 minutes morning, 45 minutes back = 1.5 hrs/day.
1.5 hrs/day x 5 days = 7.5 hrs (just short of one 8 hr day)
So, people working for these construction companies basically work 6 days per week, but only get paid for 5 days.
Anyone else heard of this?
Is this common?
And as a side note, if they are driving the company trucks, but are not "on the clock", and they get into an accident, who is liable? If they are not being paid, then they are not doing company work?