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Would training hrs count in the OT calc? Let's say an admin went for 2 days of training (16hrs) and worked the remaining week totaling 30hrs. Would this employee receive 6 hrs at the OT rate?
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posted at 10/8/2009 4:29 AM EDT
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According to the FLSA, training time is considered work time if it meets any of the criteria below, unlike sick/vacation/holiday time. Therefore it would need to be added into the overtime calculation.
"Most training time is work time. All training time is work time if it occurs during an employee's regular shift, or if it is required by the employer. Training time need not be counted as work time only if it (a) occurs outside of an employee's normal work schedule, (b) is truly voluntary (as in with neither direct nor indirect pressure on the employee to attend, and with no "come back" if the employee chooses not to attend), (c) not directly related to the employee's current job (i.e., the training is designed to qualify the employee to get a new job, and not to enhance the skills used by the employee on the existing job), and (d) the employee does no other work during the training. " http://www.flsa.com/overtime.html |
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