Many cleaning and maintenance companies will not pay its employees for time spent traveling from one job to another. Additionally, these employers may also pay its employees on a “per job” basis, or a lump sum for a location to be cleaned. In many instances, these employers do not compute over-time premium pay for these employees. If you would like to contact our law team about a possible case, fill out a form now.
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Banking Over-time Hours
Rather than pay employees time and one-half their regular rate for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek, many employers will “bank” the over-time hours and apply them toward a week where the employee worked less than 40 hours. The employee will then be paid for these hours at the regular straight-time rate instead of the required over-time rate. This system of pay is also referred to as compensatory time, or “comp-time”. If you would like to contact our law team about a possible case, fill out a form now.