Preparatory and concluding activities are considered hours worked if the activities by the employee are an integral and indispensable part of a principal activity for which the employee is employed. (ex. setting up work station, counting tips)
You must be paid for any time your employer requires or allows you to perform duties for work, including things like travel time after clocking-in, going to the store after your shift, or any other off-the-clock work for the employer’s benefit. This also includes training periods and mandatory work meetings. If you are required by your employer to attend training not mandated by the state, you must be paid.
Employers are not required to pay for a workers Food Handlers Certification or OLCC classes.
Employers are not required to pay workers for lectures, meetings and training programs that meet all four of the following criteria:
- attendance is outside of the employee’s regular working hours
- attendance is voluntary
- the course, lecture, or meeting is not directly related to a worker’s job
- if a worker does not perform any productive work during the course of the training
This information and more is available by visiting these websites: BOLI and OAR 839-020-0043 & OAR 839-020-0044
