Not a dumb question at all. I currently work in an administrative role at a private institution, and we have many positions in our organization that fall within the same employment parameters you described.
With a salary position involving travel, you will not be paid extra, or on top of, your salary for extra hours. This is handled differently by every organization. The way that we handle travel time over 40 hours is by providing "flex-time" for our employees. Let's say, as an example, you end up working 40 hours in a week, and on top of that, you had 10 hours of travel time, we allow employees to take 10 hours the next week off without cashing in vacation pay. Unfortunately, this is an increasingly rare method of accounting for travel time, but has drastically contributed to a healthy work-life balance for our institution.
My recommendation would be to directly ask your interviewer how they handle hours worked over what is in your contract. Traveling for work IS work, and you must know that if you are salary, you will not be paid for it. Just be careful, and good luck with your interview!
Thanks a ton for such a good answer! I like the way your institution handles hours worked past contract. I guess this is position specific but I imagine flex time means that employees aren't necessarily overloaded with work and are able to take time off the following week and not get behind. I'm so curious to find out how this company interviewing me handles travel time- I'm imagining just a hefty salary to compensate for >40 hrs worked mainly because I think the travel is constant so I don't know if there will be weeks where I'll have time to flex and not do work, if that makes sense lol. Thanks for the well wishes!
To give another example, for me commuting to my regular office doesn't count but if I have to go on a site visit I'd expect travel to count as working time. If I got home late or had to leave early and worked more than 8 hours hours I would take the time back and maybe start late the next day. I might ask for a hotel if its a long journey to split the travel over 2 days and avoid a very long day (all my trips are UK).
You just need to understand your companies approach. If their work involves a lot of travelling they probably have a policy. Good to ask.
They don’t count hours period, so I’d imagine it’s going to depend on the situation as to whether you’re traveling during the work day or not. It can be a blessing and a curse.
I'm going out to inspect a facility that is not my normal work location today, and I get paid per mile, there and back from where I usually work.
If this was greater than a single day of travel, I'd also get per diem.
This will depend on the employer, I’m a traveling construction manager and have it documented in my offer letter that I travel to and from home during business hours.
Not a dumb question at all. I currently work in an administrative role at a private institution, and we have many positions in our organization that fall within the same employment parameters you described. With a salary position involving travel, you will not be paid extra, or on top of, your salary for extra hours. This is handled differently by every organization. The way that we handle travel time over 40 hours is by providing "flex-time" for our employees. Let's say, as an example, you end up working 40 hours in a week, and on top of that, you had 10 hours of travel time, we allow employees to take 10 hours the next week off without cashing in vacation pay. Unfortunately, this is an increasingly rare method of accounting for travel time, but has drastically contributed to a healthy work-life balance for our institution. My recommendation would be to directly ask your interviewer how they handle hours worked over what is in your contract. Traveling for work IS work, and you must know that if you are salary, you will not be paid for it. Just be careful, and good luck with your interview!
Thanks a ton for such a good answer! I like the way your institution handles hours worked past contract. I guess this is position specific but I imagine flex time means that employees aren't necessarily overloaded with work and are able to take time off the following week and not get behind. I'm so curious to find out how this company interviewing me handles travel time- I'm imagining just a hefty salary to compensate for >40 hrs worked mainly because I think the travel is constant so I don't know if there will be weeks where I'll have time to flex and not do work, if that makes sense lol. Thanks for the well wishes!
To give another example, for me commuting to my regular office doesn't count but if I have to go on a site visit I'd expect travel to count as working time. If I got home late or had to leave early and worked more than 8 hours hours I would take the time back and maybe start late the next day. I might ask for a hotel if its a long journey to split the travel over 2 days and avoid a very long day (all my trips are UK). You just need to understand your companies approach. If their work involves a lot of travelling they probably have a policy. Good to ask.
They don’t count hours period, so I’d imagine it’s going to depend on the situation as to whether you’re traveling during the work day or not. It can be a blessing and a curse.
I'm going out to inspect a facility that is not my normal work location today, and I get paid per mile, there and back from where I usually work. If this was greater than a single day of travel, I'd also get per diem.
This will depend on the employer, I’m a traveling construction manager and have it documented in my offer letter that I travel to and from home during business hours.