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Job Travel – Paid or Unpaid?

I am employed with a company where I work remotely from home 95% of the time. On occasion, I am required to travel to job sites for various reasons, usually at least 1 or more hours from my home. I have been trying to research and find an answer to my question: is my travel time from my “home” (really, office) to the job site compensable? The answers I’m finding vary, but for the most part I am seeing that your “normal, regular” commute is NOT compensable. I work from home; therefore, my “normal, regular” commute is zero. So in my mind, anything beyond that would be paid travel time? If anyone has any legal resources that paint a definitive answer to this question, please send them my way! TLDR; what is considered compensable travel time when you work remotely/from home?


I am employed with a company where I work remotely from home 95% of the time. On occasion, I am required to travel to job sites for various reasons, usually at least 1 or more hours from my home.

I have been trying to research and find an answer to my question: is my travel time from my “home” (really, office) to the job site compensable? The answers I’m finding vary, but for the most part I am seeing that your “normal, regular” commute is NOT compensable. I work from home; therefore, my “normal, regular” commute is zero. So in my mind, anything beyond that would be paid travel time?

If anyone has any legal resources that paint a definitive answer to this question, please send them my way!

TLDR; what is considered compensable travel time when you work remotely/from home?

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