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On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two opinion letters addressing when travel time between an employee’s home and work is compensable “hours worked” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Read together, the letters give employers their clearest guidance yet on a question that has grown more pressing as remote work, hybrid schedules, and mobile or field workforces have become the norm: when does a “commute” stop being an ordinary commute and start being paid work time?
Both letters confirm a new, formally recognized ...