The time spent to travel back and forth from work to home, and vice versa, is not time for which the employer is liable to pay compensation, unless an employee is called away from home for emergency work and must travel for a significant period of time to reach the location specified.

If an employee is traveling among multiple locations as part of his or her job, such as is experienced by a traveling salesperson, then this travel time is paid time. However, the amount of paid time only corresponds to those hours during which an employee works during a regular work day.

Example. Herbert Bailes normally works from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. However, a special project requires him to stay at an off-site location and travel home on Saturday, which occupies him from 7:00 A.M. to noon. Of the five hours spent traveling on Saturday, the hours in the time period from 8:00 A.M. to noon can be claimed for wage reimbursement, since they fall within his regularly scheduled workday.