Legal Opinion
Buzek v. Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 11, 2007No. Civil Action H-06-2032PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case presents an interesting issue of first impression in this circuit concerning the Employee Commuting Flexibility Act (“ECFA”), a 1996 amendment to the Portalto-Portal Act of 1947. 29 U.S.C. § 254(a). Plaintiff Eric Buzek claims that the Portal-to-Portal Act entitles him to compensation for time spent driving home from his last service call of the day, because transporting tools and making end-of-day reports from home are principal activities of his job. His employer, The Pepsi Bottling Group, responds that ECFA…
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