When you are salaried, certain things are expected of you, and that could
include business travel.
Usually that is mentioned in the job negotiations and salary is high enough
to compensate for
that sort of major disruption of your life.
Working hourly, you are certainly welcome to adjust your life to fit the
needs of the company, but they
can't expect it of you.  Are they offering to pay travel, food and boarding
expenses for you?
In my opinion, they would be a more attractive work place if they
considered the other time and inconveniences
involved in sending you there and compensate for them.  But then, in my
opinion, a museum that sends a
traveling exhibit without budgeting to send a salaried staff member along
for installation has already made a big
mistake.

Vincent

At 11:23 AM 9/27/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm in an awkward position at the museum where I work part time -- and just
>need some advice.  Because I am only part time, they have given me the
>opportunity to make some additional hours/additional pay by accompanying a
>traveling exhibition and overseeing its installation.  I'm happy to do
>this, and could use the $$, but now they tell me that they will only pay
>for my work hours directly on-site at the venue, at my regular (fairly low)
>rate.  I will not be paid for my travel time, or for the additional day I
>am spending in the city where the exhibition is traveling (not something I
>especially wanted to do, but it's because of travel arrangements made by
>someone else).  I feel awkward because in other jobs I have had in the
>museum/registrar's world I was not paid by the hour -- accompanying
>exhibitions, etc. was a part of my regular duties so it was all part of my
>regular salary.  Is it demanding too much for me to ask to be paid for my
>travel time at the very least?  What do other institutions do to compensate
>hourly employees who may accompany exhibitions?  I just want to have some
>other examples so I know I am not being unreasonable.  Thanks for any
>advice you can share with me...
>
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