11th Circuit: Time Spent Transporting Harvesters Is Compensable Under FLSA

Mealey's (June 10, 2021, 8:14 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A fruit harvesting company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime compensation requirements when it failed to pay crew leaders for time spent driving workers to and from basic necessities such as the grocery store and laundromat, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 21, affirming a trial court’s ruling that those activities don’t fall within the agriculture exemption....