6th Circuit Issues Amended Opinion In Appeal Over Pay For Commute, Meal Times

Mealey's (June 3, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 29 issued an amended opinion in a suit by the U.S. secretary of Labor seeking a ruling on the compensability of ordinary commute time and bona fide meal periods for drivers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but reached the same conclusion and affirmed the granted of summary judgment as to liability, vacated the damages award against the employer and remanded for recalculation (Secretary of Labor v. Timberline South, LLC, et al., No. 18-1763, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16155)....