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Company Requires 30-45min Unpaid Commute In Company Vehicle Before And After Shift

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Location: Southern California

Hi there. This is regarding a national company operating in Southern California. The company employs service technicians to fix commercial equipment on site of their customers.

The technicians are instructed to leave their home in the designated company vehicle at 7:30am and to commute to their first job site. When they arrive, they are to clock in, and adjust time sheet based on the drive time to the first job site.

When the technician has finished their final call, they are to clock out and drive for 30-45min before they are able to clock back in. This is only applied to individuals who live within 50miles of a designated central building of operations.

Travel between first and last job site is paid.

The vehicle is a company vehicle with the company name and contact.

Is this legal for a company to enact policy to not pay portal to portal drive time? The only reference I have found it Huerta vs CSI Electrical Contractors.

submitted by /u/Veltrazz
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