Many employers regularly wonder how to treat the time employees spend waiting before the start of their shift or traveling to the jobsite. In some cases, employees may be “engaged to wait” and should therefore be paid for their waiting time. Similarly, employees who are required to travel from jobsite to jobsite as part of their normal workday should be paid for their travel time in most cases.
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However, some circumstances in which employees have to wait in the plant or at the office to begin working or travel from home or the office to their first jobsite may not constitute compensable time. The U.S. District Court in Maryland addressed many of these issues and provided some clear guidance in a recent decision.
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