Must Employees Be Paid For Training Time?

Employers should evaluate policies for establishing when worker training or other meetings fall under hours worked. For example, if the training is voluntary, takes place outside an employee’s regular working hours and is not directly related to his or her job, companies may be off the hook. Epstein Becker Green attorney Jordan B. Schwartz looks at some of the nuances of a four-factor test that can be used to establish when training is or is not compensable.