The training is directly related to the employee's job if it is
designed to make the employee handle his job more effectively as
distinguished from training him for another job, or to a new or
additional skill. For example, a stenographer who is given a course in
stenography is engaged in an activity to make her a better stenographer.
Time spent in such a course given by the employer or under his auspices
is hours worked. However, if the stenographer takes a course in
bookkeeping, it may not be directly related to her job. Thus, the time
she spends voluntarily in taking such a bookkeeping course, outside of
regular working hours, need not be counted as working time. Where a
training course is instituted for the bona fide purpose of preparing for
advancement through upgrading the employee to a higher skill, and is not
intended to make the employee more efficient in his present job, the
training is not considered directly related to the employee's job even
though the course incidentally improves his skill in doing his regular
work.
[30 FR 9912, Aug, 10, 1965]
