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title: "Are Employers Required To Pay Employees for Orientation?"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/489a19b4-82ce-4295-a30f-7ad81f0576ce
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/are-employers-required-to-pay-employees-for-orientation-2715206
category: "General"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2021-03-09T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:03.307Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8f420d699039067a7b3fbd40c33fa1359701.jpg
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# Are Employers Required To Pay Employees for Orientation?

**TL;DR:** Employers are not required to pay employees for electronic onboarding as long as no work or training is performed. However, payment is required if employees are doing work or training during onboarding.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-03-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/are-employers-required-to-pay-employees-for-orientation-2715206).*

## Story

The question: Are we legally allowed to send electronic onboarding documents to employees before their first day so they can fill them out at home, or do they need to fill those out at the restaurant while on the clock?

The answer: As long as new employees are not performing any work or training, there is no need to pay them for electronic onboarding. However, if they are required to do any work or training, for example learning a new skill, then you are required to pay them.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- labor law (topic)
- onboarding (topic)
- employee pay (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/are-employers-required-to-pay-employees-for-orientation-2715206). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/489a19b4-82ce-4295-a30f-7ad81f0576ce).