FlyAAway,

Yes, comp time is not legal. Also, if your company does not allow you to leave work early and insists you stay until a set hour, you are hourly, regardless of how the company classifies you. Many employees do not realize that the law, not the employer, determines whether you are hourly or not. If the law classifies you as hourly, you are entitled to be paid for every hour you work and 1 1/2 times your hourly rate for every hour beyond 40 hours per week. Even if your employer pays you as salaried, you are still entitled to be paid as hourly if, by law, you are considered hourly. You are also entitled to double the pay if your employer has not properly paid you according to the law. Ok....I am starting to sound like an attorney...but I do know what I am talking about!

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When I went on a business trip, I was paid my hourly wage for each hour I spent traveling whether I was on the plane, at the airport, or going to/from the airport.