Time that an employee spends immediately before or after work may not be considered compensable hours worked even if spent at the employer’s premises. Unless a contract or industry custom or ...

Because attendance at meetings is presumed to be compensable time and most meetings are organized for business reasons, it is rare that a standard meeting would not be deemed work time. Based upon ...

News Truck Drivers' Down Time Is Compensable Work, 1st Circ. Holds In a lawsuit between a trucking company and its former employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considered ...

It has been hornbook law since the early days of the FLSA that disregarding small increments of otherwise compensable time does not give rise to back overtime liability under the de minimis doctrine.

Typically, an employee’s daily commute is considered “a normal incident of employment,” and not compensable work time. When an employee must report to one work location (e.g., to complete a work task ...

Recent case law has examined these issues to determine whether such employer-mandated activities constitute compensable working time. The FLSA establishes and sets forth the minimum wage, overtime pay ...

Customer Connexx LLC, 51 F.4th 831 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit concluded that time spent booting up computers is compensable under the FLSA because it is an “integral and indispensable ...

Typically, meal periods should be at least 30 minutes, if they are non-compensable. There are exceptions where courts have found shorter durations to be acceptable.

Compensable Factors in a Job Evaluation. Compensation and promotion decisions can place pressure on managers, who try to ensure the equitable distribution of salary raises according to a number of ...

The social post states, “If you sustained property damages or personal injuries as a result of the April 12, 2023, fire at Fort McCoy, you may have a compensable claim.

The courts have construed a compensable "injury" under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 (4) as "a discernible physical injury." October 13, 2021 at 11:04 AM 6 minute read Columns By Katherine Jensen ...

An Australian government employee who was injured while having sex on a work-related trip doesn’t qualify for workers’ compensation, the nation’s highest court said in a ruling praised by ...