Manners v. State

*383OPINION OF THE COURT

Francis T. Collins, J.

This is a claim pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 USC § 201 et seq. [hereinafter FLSA]) to recover the sum of $13,747.50 due as a result of 235 hours of overtime which claimant alleges he earned, but was not compensated for, while driving a State vehicle in the course of commuting from his home to his assigned work location. At the time of trial claimant had been employed for 17 years by the Office of General Services (OGS) as a Construction Inspector, grade 19. His assigned work location, from at least June of 1996, was the Empire…