Following are examples of work-related matters for which an employee need not be compensated.

• Absences (including sick leave, annual leave, holidays, funerals and weather-related absences). 29 C.F.R. § 778.218(d).
• Athletic contest involvement as a participant, official or scorer, even if sponsored by the employer, so long as it is voluntary and not a condition of employment. Field Operations Handbook § 31b05.
• Changing clothes, if the change is for the employee’s convenience. 29 U.S.C. § 203(o).
• Charitable work done voluntarily outside the working hours. 29 C.F.R. § 785.44.
• Clothes changing at home. Field Operations Handbook §31b13.
• Holidays on which an employee does not work. 29 C.F.R. § 778.218(d).
• Jury duty. 29 C.F.R. § 778.218(d).
• Meal periods involving no duties and lasting one-half hour or longer. 29 C.F.R. § 785.19(a).
• Medical attention outside or working hours, or not at the direction of the employer. 29 C.F.R. § 785.43.
• On-call time where the employee merely leaves a telephone number and is not restricted. 29 C.F.R. § 785.17.
• Operation of an employer’s motor vehicle for the employee’s own commuting convenience. Field Operations Handbook § 31c02.
• Sleep time up to eight hours under a contract if the tour of duty is 24 hours or longer. 29 C.F.R. 785.22(a).
• Shutdowns for regular, customary equipment maintenance where the employee is free to leave the premises. 29 C.F.R. § 785.15.
• Time spent before, after or between regular working hours. 29 C.F.R. § 790.7.
• Trade school attendance, which is unrelated to present working conditions. 29 C.F.R. § 785.30.
• Training program voluntarily attended that are unrelated to regular duties and involve no productive work. 29 C.F.R. § 785.27.
• Travel:
  • From home to a work site, and vice versa. 29 C.F.R. § 785.35. Or
  • On overnight trips during non-working hours, except while performing duties or other work. 29 C.F.R. § 785.39.
• Voting time, as long as state laws do not require compensation. 29 C.F.R. § 778.218(d). Wage and Hour Opinion Letter, Nov. 9, 1944.
• Waiting time:
  • In a paycheck line
  • To check in or out, and (c) to start work at a designated period. 29 C.F.R. § 790.7(g).
• Washing up or showering under normal conditions. 29 C.F.R. § 790.7(g).