Deyá v. Otis Elevator Co.

In Heirs of Meléndez v. Central San Vicente, 86 P.R.R. 377 (1962), we had occasion to lay down a general rule for determining compensability for waiting time. We pointed *650out that the solution depends on a consideration as a whole of the circumstances of each case-in particular, but that it depends to a great extent on (1) the degree of freedom to engage in personal activities during the inactive period in which the employee is subject to be called to render services; (2) the number of consecutive hours during which the employee is subject to be called; and (3) the benefit which the waiting…