OK not to pay for travel time to voluntary OT shift.

Prison guards usually worked eight-hour shifts, but could volunteer for extra shifts at a nearby hospital where inmates received medical care. The shifts were irregular. Officers called in when inmates were hospitalized.

The prison system refused to pay guards for travel time to the hospital. They sued, arguing they were really working one continuous workday, so the travel time should have been paid. But the court ruled the end of each regular shift marked the end of the workday. Thus, guards were entitled...

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