I work out of my house in Arizona and frequently have to travel over 4 hours to certain job locations with my normal travel time being 90 minutes or moreto all others. The work at these locations will usually take more than 3 to 4 hours to complete and then I return home. This day sometimes will stretch from 8am to after 8pm or longer. I have been informed after 3 years they will not count this as overtime for any hours after 5pm (normal hours are 8am to 5pm with 1 hour lunch) which can end up being several hours of unpaid time.
My home is my office with my main office being in Southern Ca over 500 miles away. This employer requires me to travel this distance to fix this equipment.
They have an option of spending the night but I cannot always afford to do this because they take anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks for my expenses to be reimburssed.
So because of this travel time I am actually being forced to work for free at my expense.

Thank You :mad: :mad: :mad:

If you itemize, unreimbursed job-related expenses can be deducted on federal taxes, maybe your state's taxes too possibly.