Mandatory Work Meetings Scheduled Outside Normal Working Hours or Shift

If the employee is exempt’that is, an employee who meets one of the tests for not receiving overtime’then the employer may freely make the employee attend meetings outside of his or her normal working hours shift, without any additional compensation. However, the situation is different for a nonexempt employee, or one who can earn overtime. Work time includes meeting time’essentially, if the employee is doing something which the employer requires him or her to do, it’s work.

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