A vehicle alarm service technician was not entitled to be paid for his commute time and preliminary work activities, but may be entitled to be paid for work performed at home after the job was completed for the day, the Ninth Circuit rules.

The technician was employed to install and repair vehicle reco Read more

On an average day, 83 percent of women and 64 percent of men spent some time doing household activities, such as housework, cooking, lawn care, or financial and other household management, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

However, on the days that they did household activities, women spen Read more

A trainee who spent two weeks attending flight attendant training required by an airline employer who subsequently hired her is not entitled to be paid for that training time under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal district court in Seattle rules.

The court applies a six-facto Read more

A nursing home failed to properly compensate employees for travel expenses and non-work time spent receiving treatment pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, the Third Circuit decides.
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The U.S. Dept. of Labor has recently posted several new opinion letters responding to inquiries concerning a variety of common wage-hour issues.
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Laptops, BlackBerries, and other wireless devices intended to connect employees to the office outside of normal working hours can present potential legal dangers for employers under the provisions of the federal and state overtime laws, says the Read more

Employees who were required to carry work documents while commuting to their worksite do not have to be compensated for this time under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Second Circuit holds.
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Review was denied for an Eleventh Circuit ruling which held that workers required to pass through security and travel on employer-provided vehicles to an airport jobsite did not have to be compensated for that time.  In Bonilla v. Read more

According to a recently released Dept. Read more

Time spent in donning protective equipment required to be worn by law is compensable because such gear does not constitute “clothes” under the clothes changing exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a recent Wage-Hour Administrator Interpretation. Read more

The Ninth Circuit holds that because employees had the option of donning and doffing their uniforms and gear at home, these activities were not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act. Read more

An hourly worker who admitted that he failed to record his time accurately, despite a company policy requiring him to do so, can proceed on his claim that he was not properly compensated for his overtime worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act, rules a federal court in Florida. Read more