The Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), as amended by the Portal-to-Portal Act and the Employee Commuting Flexibility Act, doesn’t require an employer to pay an employee for commuting time (e.g., traveling to a worksite within the normal commuting area). An employer that had provided its own transportation to a rural area which employees were required to use did not have to compensate them for travel time, according to an appellate court; they weren’t doing any work during the commuting time. #IdeaoftheDay
