For what time is an hourly employee entitled to be paid?

For what time is an hourly employee entitled to be paid?

I work as a bus monitor and I get paid 6 hours a day. However, I step on the bus at 5:15 in the morning and step off at 8:30. In the afternoon I step on the bus at 1:15 and step off at 4:30. This gives me 6 hours and 30 minutes a day. however, they are only willing to pay me 6 hours and 15 minutes due to what they call as “10 minutes travel time”. However, I am not in my car at this time, I am on the bus. Wouldn’t the FLSA cover this as “all in a days work” and it be mandatory that we get paid for this time? In addition, they wrote new times on my timesheet without me signing it.

Asked on August 30, 2011 Tennessee

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