Daylight Saving Time Returns, May Affect Overnight Shift Workers

About eight months of daylight saving time start at 2 a.m. March 14, when clocks are set ahead by one hour across most of the country, ending standard time.

The time change may lead to employee questions for payroll departments about wage-payment rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Although many overnight shift employees would lose one hour of work time, the FLSA does not require employers to pay the lost hour to those who work that particular eight-hour shift.

Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands do not observe the ...