Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Corp. Overtime Policy - Florida

I work for a very large retailer in Florida as an hourly employee. It is our companies policy to not treat job related travel time as part of our normal hourly work day. Example: I travel 4 hours for a training course, attend the class for 8 hours and work the rest of my week, another 32 hours. At the end of my week I have 40 hrs standard time and 4 hours travel. I am paid for 40hrs at normal rate plus 4 hours travel at normal rate, under the explaination the money comes from another budget catogory (otherwise I would be forced to reduce my normal weekly hours by 4 so I would not be over 40 and hence have overtime). This does not seem correct, yet I am assured it is. If my company is not paying me or my fellow employess correctly they are pocketing millions of dollars a year of our money just in the state of Florida. Is the company wrong or right?


Asked on 10/29/02, 11:42 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Stern Shavitz Law Group

Re: Corp. Overtime Policy - Florida

This type of treatment may in fact be illegal. However, in order to give you an accurate answer, we will need more details. Please feel free to contact my office at (305) 810-2887.

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Answered on 10/30/02, 8:12 pm


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