Boeing has agreed to pay $11.5 million in unpaid wages to about 500 workers to compensate them for time spent traveling out of town on business - the largest amount of back pay returned to workers in the history of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
The 9th Circuit's ruling in Johnson v. WinCo Foods, LLC shows that employers can help shield themselves from liability by making job offers contingent on applicants passing pre-employment drug tests and/or background checks rather than onboarding applicants before testing them.
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News: HR guidance on complying with the FLSA requirements for employee travel time.