if my employer requires me to go to a mandatory meeting or training session are they required to pay me?

Question

Thanks everyone. I am an hourly employee and not in a union. I have been working here for about 6 months and am required to attend (2) 4 hour training sessions. I think I should be paid. ( all of my initial training was paid, I am just trying to cover my bases in case they try to say they are not paying )

Answer 1

In Cali they must pay you a minimum of 2 hours for attending a mandatory meeting.

Answer 2

Mandatory means you have to be there. If your employer forces to to be somewhere, you should be paid. Some companies, small, poorly managed will try to get away with not paying but at least in the US, it's illegal.

Answer 3

it relies upon entirely on your corporation's coverage. my corporation, as an occasion, occassionaly holds needed conferences for supervisors and those conferences are continuously out of city and regularly in one day. even with the undeniable fact that we don't acquire pay for the time we spend in the conferences (this could be because of the undeniable fact that we are sales workers and not hourly), we do acquire fee for driving the mileage to the region.

Answer 4

depending on yor state labor law if you are union. a company cannot go against fed or state law but the can add to it.

Answer 5

Pretty sure they are. But every state and county has their own laws.

Check out the Department of Labor and they should have the answer. http://www.dol.gov/

Answer 6

Negative, they don't have to pay you. They also don't have to let you keep working with them if you do not attend.

Answer 7

depends on how your pay is based now.

if salary pay....nope.

if hourly....training has to be paid...meeting does not.