{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton)","authority":"29 U.S.C. 204, 211","instrument":"Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5, Employers\u0027 obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees\u0027 hours of work (Aug. 24, 2020)","title":"Employers\u0027 obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees\u0027 hours of work","dateIssued":"2020-08-24","effective":"2020-08-24","end":"Continuing","startDate":"2020-08-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TELE","EMP"],"addressees":["employers of teleworking non-exempt employees","WHD field staff"],"clause":"FIELD ASSISTANCE BULLETIN No. 2020-5... Employers\u0027 obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees\u0027 hours of work (the bulletin restates the FLSA duty to pay for all hours the employer knows or has reason to believe were worked, applied to telework \u0027arrangements\u0027 that \u0027have increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic\u0027)","enforcement":"FLSA back-wage and liquidated-damage liability (29 U.S.C. 216)","functions":["OF telework administration and timekeeping","OP payroll","HR"],"notes":"The federal government\u0027s own statement that telework arrangements increased because of the pandemic and its orders; reaches every employer that moved non-exempt staff to remote work.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/field-assistance-bulletins/2020-5","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":116373,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036","citation":"Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton), Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5, Employers\u0027 obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees\u0027 hours of work (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036)","stateName":"","related":[]}