California business owners that occasionally send workers away on business to attend conferences or meet with clients must be familiar with state labor laws if they want to avoid employee lawsuits. In a recent Monterey Herald article, workplace lawyer Sara Boyns explained that businesses are responsible for paying workers for time spent traveling even if they aren't performing regular job duties during that time attendance.

If that requires employees to work more than eight hours during a single day or pushes their total hours for the week beyond 40, the employers must provide them with overtime wages (time-and-a-half the regular pay rate).

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) dictates that workers must be compensated fairly for any and all time they are suffered or permitted to work. This means that anytime employees are under the employer's control - going to or coming from a location to perform duties on the busines' behalf - they are owed wages, Boyns explains.

While it may be difficult to track hours when a worker is away from the business' location, there are new mobile timeclock solutions that may help. Employers can use a smartphone application that allows employees to log in and account for all of their time and attendance. 

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