The Fair Labor Standards Act, or the FLSA, defines work as time spent performing job-related activities which, one, benefit your employer, two, that the employer knows or has reason to believe are being performed by you, and, three, which the employer does not prohibit you from performing.  This type of work can include things such as off-the-clock work, including maintaining or cleaning equipment before or after your shift, or staying late after work without recording the time, or doing job related paperwork at home, or making and responding to job related telephone calls or e-mails, or working through meal periods, but having those hour deducted from your timesheet anyway, or booting up or shutting down your computer at the end of the workday, or making bank deposits before or after your work shift, or post-shift drive time.  If your employer pays overtime, but does not compensate you for this off-the-clock work, or the other activities described above, you may be entitled to recover additional overtime compensation with the help of one of our wage and hour attorneys.