Employees Were Not Entitled To Compensation For On-Call Time
The California Court of Appeal has held that the employees of a property management company who were required to reside on the premises of the building where they worked were not entitled under state law to compensation for “on-call time,” when they were required to be in their apartment or building office within audible range of the telephone and alarm, and available to respond to emergencies. The employees were free to sleep, eat, talk on the telephone, or engage in other personal activities during on-call time so long as they remained available to respond to any alarm.
Isner v. Falkenburg