Last updated January 22 2008: 8:59 AM ET
Telecommuting When an employee is paid hourly, any 7.5 minutes of work must be rounded up to 15 minutes and paid. So if an executive assistant is tapping away on a company-supplied BlackBerry or sending work-related e-mails from home, that is considered on the clock and should be compensated. Electronic discovery is commonplace in overtime lawsuits, so the back-and-forth of e-mails or phone discussions can establish a record of nonexempt employees working away from the office.
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