May 2026 Iowa Q&A roundup

Q         We’re currently paying back pay we owed for unpaid overtime in 2025. Do we have to adjust the 2025 W-2 forms to reflect the overtime employees should have earned or only the 2026 forms, and would this effect the taxes on this overtime?

In short, it does mean you have to fix the W-2.

Q         Our technicians travel to different jobsites with company-provided vehicles, and they don’t typically drive to a central company location but rather drive from site to site and then home at the end of the day. Is the travel time to the first worksite and then back home at the end of the day compensable, and if a technician needs to stop at a company location, would travel to that location also be compensable?

This is an issue that’s governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), state wage and hour law, and your policies. In general, under the FLSA and supporting case law, travel to the first worksite and travel home from the last worksite are noncompensable commute time. This is true even if there’s no set daily site and the employee travels during the day.