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Labor/Employment

Oct. 2, 2009

Pay for Commuting And 'Off-the-Clock' Work

Jeffrey Freedman and Elizabeth Avedikian of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore address the effect of Rutti v. Lojack Corp., Inc.

EMPLOYMENT

By Jeffrey Freedman and Elizabeth Avedikian

As employers rely increasingly on technology to connect and communicate with their employees, work may more easily be performed "off-the-clock" before or after an employee's official workday. Particularly for nonexempt employees paid on an hourly basis, time spent on certain off-the-clock activities may be compensable. In Rutti v. Lojack Corp., Inc., the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hel...

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