Callback pay applies when employees are "called back" to perform work beyond regularly scheduled hours. No federal law guarantees employees a minimum number of hours when they are called back to work. However, the hours they do work must be paid for at the employees' base rates or at the applicable overtime rate. Report-in pay applies when employees report to work at the normal starting time but are unable to work because of some unusual condition at the place of employment. No federal law requires employers to pay employees in this situation.
Emergency Closings - Some Timely Tips
Events such as Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. make it difficult or impossible for employees to work. Like most Americans, many employees were likely at work Tuesday, but they were not working, they were hanging on every word from radios and televisions, or trying to access news sites on the Internet in an attempt to get the latest update.
