As we have detailed many times, the legal determination as to when an individual providing services is performing work which must be compensated under the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA is not always simple. This inquiry and related questions were at issue in Rui Xiang Huang v. J&A Entm’t Inc., 2012 U.S.
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Federal Court Finds Time Spent On-Premises On-Call During Lunch Breaks Non-Compensable
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Hours of Work
The FLSA requires that employers pay employees for all work time, as well as for any time that the employee is “engaged to wait.” An employee is “engaged to wait” when the employee is idle, but is constrained with respect to engaging in personal activities. Thus, the employee’s time is deemed to be “for the benefit&rdquo…