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29 CFR 785.36 Home to work in emergency situations.

29 CFR Part 785: Hours Worked (29 CFR Part 785)

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There may be instances when travel from home to work is overtime. For example, if an employee who has gone home after completing his day's work is subsequently called out at night to travel a substantial distance to perform an emergency job for one of his employer's customers all time spent on such travel is working time. The Divisions are taking no position on whether travel to the job and back home by an employee who receives an emergency call outside of his regular hours to report back to his regular place of business to do a job is working time.

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relations_hash: 3af028571dbf698c82cfc2de257f9322cb906638a80865eb81791ce340b7eac9 · Source: NovaCopilot

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ID: provision:us:29-cfr-785:785.36
sha256: 53d968b384c8838321db82b8cab605a34f07b22093e91bcade0a738bff181739
Official text: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/part-785 · eCFR, up to date as of 2026-09-25 · Read 2026-09-29
Source: NovaCopilot

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