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FLSA Hours Worked Advisor

As an enforcement policy, the Wage and Hour Division will not consider as hours worked that time spent in travel away from home outside of the employee's regularly scheduled hours of work as a passenger on an airplane, train, boat, bus or automobile.

For more information, please contact your local Wage and Hour District Office.

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