Comments on: More on the lottery firing http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/09/09/more-on-the-lottery-firing/ more from postalnews.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steward http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/09/09/more-on-the-lottery-firing/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Steward Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:16:26 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/09/09/more-on-the-lottery-firing/#comment-682 The Administrative Law Judge wrote: "The employer considers employees to be on duty until they clock out at the end of the day and at all times they are wearing their work uniform." This was NOT the USPS position in the many FLSA lawsuits! Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, meal periods are compensated as work time, unless the employee is “completely relieved from duty.” The Administrative Law Judge wrote: “The employer considers employees to be on duty until they clock out at the end of the day and at all times they are wearing their work uniform.”

This was NOT the USPS position in the many FLSA lawsuits!

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, meal periods are compensated as work time, unless the employee is “completely relieved from duty.”

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