{"id":5522,"date":"2016-10-12T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2016-10-12T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T09:00:56","slug":"compensable-time-federal-state-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/compensable-time-federal-state-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Compensable Time Under Both Federal and State Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n

COMPENSABLE TIME<\/p>\n

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an employer must pay an employee for all hours that are legitimately worked. However, sometimes there is a dispute about whether certain activities are work and therefore whether the time spent doing these activities is compensable time. This is an area where the FLSA leaves the determination to the states. In Idaho, based upon its wage and hour statutes, hours worked, and thus compensable time, does not include the following:<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney COMPENSABLE TIME Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), an employer must pay an employee for all hours that are legitimately worked. However, sometimes there is a dispute about whether certain activities are work and therefore whether the time spent doing these activities is compensable time. This is an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCompensable Time Under Both Federal and State Law|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about whether the time an employee has worked is compensable, we can help. 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