Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: TRAVEL TIME COMPENSATION NO: M-400
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
July 24, 1992 03/09/2018 12/10/2013 03/09/2018
POLICY
It shall be the policy of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office to fairly compensate all employees who
spend time traveling to and from training which is related to their official duties and which is
approved by the Sheriff’s Office for attendance by the employee as part of their duties.
Travel which is done as a part of an employee’s duties which is not related to training such as
investigations, prisoner transportation, and meetings is to be considered as regular work and will
be compensated as such.
This policy affects only those employees who are classified as “non-exempt” by FLSA (“non-
exempt” means employees who are covered by FLSA). Those employees who are “exempt” are
covered by Management and Confidential Employees working agreements with the County of
Kern.