U.S. Department of Labor
FLSA Hours Worked Advisor
Home-To-Work, Emergency Situation
There may be instances when travel from home-to-work is hours worked. For example, if you have gone home after completing your day's work and are subsequently called to travel a substantial distance to perform an emergency job at one of your employer's customers' work sites, all time spent on such travel is hours worked.
As an enforcement policy, the Wage and Hour Division will take no position on whether travel time is hours worked when you are called back to your regular place of work in an emergency, outside of your regular hours of work.
For more information, please contact your local Wage and Hour District Office.
