Mileage Reimbursment

[sharon1977]

I live in Kansas.

Our company has always reimbursed us for mileage, when our job takes us elsewhere. It is in the handbook that you will be reimbursed for mileage. We have three plants all about one mile apart. The offices are at the main plant. We do not get mail delivery here so we have to go to town to get the mail (12 miles round trip). Our HR manager is now telling us that if we go to town for lunch, that is when we must get the mail and not count mileage. The post office is on the opposite side of town from the eating establishments. This also shortens our time for lunch. We do not get paid for our lunch hour.

There are times that we have to go to the other plants to pick up paperwork, etc., which we use our own vehicles as we do not have a company vehicle, so we have always turned in mileage for that.

A girl turned in her mileage sheet the other day and he took it upon himself to deny her some of her trips to the other plants. His explanation was that we are trying to cut back so you can give a little to the company.

By using our own vehicles we are putting extra miles on them. I know that they probably don't legally have to pay us for mileage but what about when he takes off some of the miles "to save the company money" and makes us get the mail on our own time?

Thanks

 

[cbg]

In all but two states, and Kansas is not one of the two exceptions, your employer is not required to pay mileage under any circumstances whatsoever, barring a bona fide contract or CBA that says otherwise.

However, IF you are a non-exempt employee, you may be entitled to be paid for the time you spend picking up the mail. (If you are an exempt employee, you have no legal expectation of being paid anything more than your regular salary, ever.)