Another in our series of answers to questions from our September 28 webinar on wage and hour law in higher education:
Q. What if a non-exempt employee truly volunteers his/her time on a weekend to participate in a campus clean-up program (non-exempt duties) or a ticket taker at homecoming? Are these hours non-compensable? Similar, situation, a weekend event and a storage room was locked. The only employee with a key was non-exempt and she was called on a Saturday night to drive in and open the door then leave. Was any of the time (incling travel time) compensable?
A. In both cases, it depends. Employee civic and charitable work may be non-compensable if all of the following factors are present...
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