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Riley County delays vote on travel-and-study pay policy; HR to revise draft
Summary
Riley County human resources officials presented a draft travel-and-study pay policy aligned with FLSA guidance. Commissioners debated whether required study time for hourly employees should be compensable and directed staff to remove compensable study time from the draft and return with a revised proposal.
Elizabeth Ward, Riley County human resources director, presented a draft travel-and-study pay policy on Oct. 27 that clarifies when travel and required study are compensable under federal standards.
"Travel is not compensable, so we don't pay it outside of a standard schedule unless the employee is required to drive a vehicle, or the employee is performing authorized work during travel time," Ward told the commission, citing alignment with Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidance.
Ward said the draft lays out which travel expenses are…
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