An automotive employee was not entitled to compensation under the Fair
Labor Standards Act or California law for commuting time and time spent on
preliminary activities, the federal appeals court in San Francisco held in
a class action case. However, the question of the compensability of
employees’ post-shift activity of transmitting required daily data
is remanded to the district court for trial. Rutti v. Lojack Corp.,
No. 07-56599 (9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2009).
