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he Fair Labor Standards Act has been known to trip up HR professionals and employer lawyers, too. Payment for travel time, for example, can have several variables, such as when, where, why, and how. However, a recent Third Circuit decision clarified when, if ever, an employee’s travel time between client sites is compensab
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e. I’ll spare you the court’s FLSA minutiae and reduce it to a 60-second plain English read for you and your
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lleagues. Key Takeaways from the Court&rsq
uo;s Decision: Travel During the Workday
Must Be Paid If employees travel from one job site to another during their shift, that