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Overtime Exemption For Airport Shuttle Drivers

A recent decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holds that the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act did not apply to shuttle drivers who transported passengers to and from South Florida airports.  Passengers carried by Southern Shuttle Services, Inc. typically are connecting with interstate or international flights; often they book transportation to and from the airport as part of a travel package. While the shuttle trip involves only local travel the Court held that under these circumstances it is in reality a part of the passenger's continuous interstate journey.  The drivers' duties therefore directly affect "the safety of operation of motor vehicles in the transportation on the public highways of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce." This makes them exempt from the overtime provisions under the so-called "motor carrier exemption."  Read the decision here.

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