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08Aug

After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee’s time spent in a truck’s sleeper berth is compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This guidance reversed a position WHD has...
By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/after-55-years-dol-whd-reinterprets-33387/

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