Deducting Mealtime from Overtime Pay of Employees on Inactive Duty Violates FLSA

When an employer acknowledges that "idle time" spent by employees on the return leg of a work flight is compensable travel time, attempts to deduct an hour of mealtime from their overtime pay for the flight violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. READ MORE