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Traveling Employee Commute Time

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

FLSA Requires Pay for Commuting Time to and From Overnight Worksite

The Fair Labor Standards Act contains complex rules for determining whether non-exempt employee travel is compensable working time. In most circumstances, time spent commuting to and from work is not considered FLSA working...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Seventh Circuit: Travel Time During Normal Working Hours is Compensable for Employees on Remote Assignment

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Employees who work away from home overnight on assignments lasting several days or weeks are entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for time spent traveling to such assignments when the travel...more

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DOL Clarifies That Not All Travel Time Is Compensable In The Era Of Telework

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On the last day of 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter impacting employers using telework arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. While a vaccine is now rolling out and we will hopefully...more

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Do I Have to Pay for THAT?

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DOL Issues Guidance Regarding Compensable Time for Time Spent Traveling - The Department of Labor closed probably one of the most challenging years in the labor and employment law world by issuing an opinion letter...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Payroll Potholes: Paying for Travel Time

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Seyfarth Synopsis: While employers usually don’t need to pay for travel time associated with an employee’s ordinary commute, federal and California law create exceptions that employers should know—particularly when company...more

Littler

Stop and Go: California Court Holds that Company Vehicle Does Not Transform Commute into Working Time

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A California court recently issued a decision clarifying when certain commuting time does not constitute work time under state law....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Time is Money . . . Unless It's Not: U.S. Department of Labor Clarifies Compensable Work Time

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In case you haven't noticed, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has been busy. After not issuing any opinion letters since 2009 during the Obama administration, the Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") of the DOL has issued 23...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Department of Labor Offers Employers Clarity By Resuming Its Practice of Issuing Opinion Letters

In a welcome departure from its recent practice, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued its first new opinion letters in almost ten years. In addition to issuing three new opinion letters...more

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