Accurate Time Reporting for Employees Training
Paid Time & Overtime

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Waiting time/Standby Pay Policy - UNM Policy 3500 (continued)

The UNM Policy 3500 also applies to work done outside of the office. So if an employee has to call people to arrange things over the phone or has to do things on the computer when called, the person is working and has to be paid for that time.

• Exempt employees are ineligible for standby pay. It is often easier to have exempt employees on standby.
• If the employee may have to do work, he/she must be unimpaired. 
• He/she must be able to return to work, if needed, within a short time (30 minutes to an hour is suggested).
• Carrying a beeper or leaving a phone number where one can be reached does not require compensation unless some of the conditions listed are met.

• Contact your HR Consultant with any questions.
• The employee should be told specifically that he or she is in a "standby status" for a particular time frame, that he/she must meet the requirements, and that the he/she will be compensated at a particular rate.
• See specific collective bargaining agreements for unionized employees.
  

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