<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JaredH:
I don't understand how CO gets away with it under the wage and hour regulations. As I understand it, if you are an hourly employee (which apparently FA's are), and you are doing *work* of any kind, those hours have to be turned in and you have to be paid. It doesn't even matter if you "agree" to work without compensation. If you work, you get paid, period.
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Does anyone know how CO gets away with this?
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This is not the "you're getting paid now" clock. The issue is when the "on duty" clock starts ticking. FAs (and pilots too) are only allowed by FAA regs. to work so many hours in a row w/o a break. The clock has to start ticking at some point. I guess from the above that it's when the brake is released.