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Legislative lowdown: Employers don’t have to pay workers for some midday commutes

Legislative Lowdown recurring feature illustrationFrancis Scialabba

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a pair of opinion letters detailing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to two situations where employees commute during the workday.

In one opinion letter, the DOL said the employer of a large, non-exempt workforce wouldn’t be obligated to pay employees for the time they spent commuting midday. At the time of writing the letter, the employer hadn’t permitted its office employees to work from more

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