I agree roadcat, your statement "fair for everyone" is right. I would never expect to be paid % of my travel time and portal to portal billing practices seem like a fair trade off to a tech losing a 1/2 hour to a full hour of travel a day.

We have asked our management to take this "portal to portal" practice on several times, but as my immediate supervisor would say, "it fell on deaf ears". So I would guess thats the main reason the DOT got involved, was because were not going to "let the dead dog lie" as he would say again. When you start taking away from a mans lively hood we notice, and they wonder why we are so resentful. All of our techs are now getting a check for the wrong doing from the DOL paid for by our employer.

If you think your employer is benefiting from travel charges while your not getting paid you should contact your DOL. We did and now were getting back pay.