I am currently in the middle of a Federal Audit in regards to overtime. The sticky issue is as follows:
When an employee goes directly home from the job site be it in their personal vehicle or a company vehicle they agree that I do not need to pay them (so it does not count towards overtime). The question is what if our company policy is that you can go directly home after leaving the job site, be it in your personal vehicle or if you have a company vehicle, but the employee elects on their own to go to the office instead. Let's say because they want to use their personal vehicle at home, or for any other reason.
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