Topic
Commuting Time
19 published works
P.I.S.S.D.
The Rising Commute Times in Dallas and North Texas: Causes and Solutions
By Bob Kraft
The Current LandscapeThe Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW), like many growing urban regions in the United States, is experiencing increasing commuting challenges. According to the North Central Texas Council of Governments…
California Employment Law Blog
No Free Lunch: The Cost of Controlled Breaks and Commutes in Huerta v. CSI
The California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) sets labor standards, including Wage Order No. 16-2001 for sectors like construction and mining. In George Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors (2024), the California…
Mike McBride Online
Time is Money, and Employees Know it Too
By Mike McBride
Time is money, indeed. Increasingly that means that the time spent commuting is being viewed as time employers demand that we aren't getting paid for, that we could be getting…
California Workplace Law Blog
Refresher on California Commute Time
Over the last 12 months, many employees have started to return to work at a worksite other than their home, even though some remain remote or partially remote. Employers may…
Stacey R. Ball Blog
The Long Haul to Work: Are you Entitled to be Paid for your Commute?
The Long Haul to Work: Are you Entitled to be Paid for your Commute? For some very fortunate employees, it does not take very long to arrive at work. If…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Commute Time Is Compensable Only When “Integral and Indispensable” to Employee’s Duties, Fifth Circuit Reaffirms
Upholding the trial court’s dismissal of an FLSA collective action, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reiterated that an employee’s commute time is compensable only when the commute is “integral…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Payroll Potholes: Paying for Travel Time
By Romtin Parvaresh, Elizabeth M. Levy
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…
California Employment Law Blog
California Appellate Court Sheds Light on When Commute Time May be Compensable “Hours Worked”
The law regarding whether time spent commuting to and from work constitutes compensable “hours worked” is very factually driven.
California Employment Law Report
New decision on when employees must be paid for commute time in company vehicles
A new decision was published this week on when commute time is required to be paid by employers. Plaintiffs represented current and former employees of defendant Pacific Bell Telephone Company…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Commuting Time Typically Not Compensable — Even in a Supercar
Cars. Lots of really fancy cars. That about sums up my Sunday in which I went to the Concorso Ferrari & Friends car event in West Hartford Center. It has one…