Travel Pay Compliance: Latest Rules & Requirements
On-demand recording
Determining how to compensate your employees when they travel for work can be a real headache for payroll, especially if the travel time results in overtime being owed to the employee.
The DOL and the IRS have strict regulations on when employees can be paid for travel expenses without it being considered wages. In this 60-minute event, we’ll give you clear guidance on the rules and regulations that must be followed when paying an employee for travel. Join us as we discuss:
- What is considered travel pay under today’s regulations
- Tax rules for meals & entertainment expenses
- How travel time affects overtime calculations
- The required rate of pay when travel time is compensable
Travel Pay Guidelines: What to Do When Your Employees Travel
- When is travel time considered work time? Travel pay defined
- Latest travel pay requirements – what you must pay for, and why
- Which of your employees have to be paid and when
- Handling special circumstances that may require travel payment
- Understanding and using per diems
- Accountable and nonaccountable plans
Payroll Compliance & Travel Pay Issues: Avoid Wage & Hour Claims
- Tax laws that impact travel pay for employees
- Understanding when exactly travel payments are taxable
- Exempt v. non-exempt employees: How travel pay affects overtime
- Best practices for paying travel pay correctly
- When federal and state laws conflict, plus multiple state conflict issues
Live Question & Answer Session – Have your questions answered by the expert!
Program Benefits
In our in-depth, 60-minute event you’ll learn how to accurately calculate travel pay and expenses, understand who qualifies, and the impact of changes under the new tax reform.
If you’d like this program customized for your organization, call us at 1-800-964-6033.
We’re certain we can fulfill your training needs, while making it fit in your budget!
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