You report to work when you present yourself to start a work shift. This does not require your physical presence at the worksite. If your employer requires you to present yourself in a different manner, and you follow those instructions, you have reported to work. Some examples of when an employee reports to work for a scheduled shift are when their employer requires him or her to: log on to a computer for a remote shift, show up at a client’s job site, set out a driving route, or call in to the employer 2 hours before the shift is supposed to start in order to confirm that they are still needed at work. Any of these examples triggers the reporting time provisions of California’s labor laws.