On Aug. 24, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued a , which offers guidance regarding employers鈥 obligation to track the number of compensable hours worked by employees who are teleworking. In a remote work arrangement, the question of the employer鈥檚 obligation to track hours actually worked for which the employee was not scheduled may often arise. This bulletin reaffirms an employer must pay its employees for all hours worked, including work not requested but allowed and work performed at home. Confusion regarding when an employer 鈥渉as reason to believe that work is being performed鈥 may be intensified by the surge of telework and remote work arrangements since DOL last issued an interpretation of these rules in 1961.
