Training Time

Most training time is work time. All training time is work time if it occurs during an employee's regular shift, or if it is required by the employer. Training time does not have to be counted as work time only if it

• (a) occurs outside of an employee's normal work schedule,
• (b) is truly voluntary (as in with neither direct nor indirect pressure on the employee to attend, and with no repercussions if the employee chooses not to attend),
• (c) not directly related to the employee's current job (i.e., the training is designed to qualify the employee to get a new job, and not to enhance the skills used by the employee on the existing job), and
• (d) the employee does no other work during the training.