Weekend Pay

[Divon]

Are employers required to pay non-working weekends for employees who have been sent out of town for 4 weeks? Both salary and hourly.

If they travel back to family, who is responsible for travel expense?

Thanks  

[Vigharthur]

Salaried employees must be paid their regular salary regardless as long as they are traveling for the company. Whatever they are paid as a regular salary is what they get. They are not eligible for overtime.

Hourly employees must be paid for all the time they work. If they are not working on the weekend they are not paid. If the employee travels home than they pay for their travel unless the company agrees to pay for it. The company has no obligation to pay for travel home. The company must pay for the lodging and meals while the employee is out of town on company business, even if it is on a weekend if they are asked to be there for 4 weeks.

Shirley