Through some of the management seminars I have attended that included labor law issues. I have purchased a fair bit of reference material. As a service manager myself, the dealerships I have worked for have had similar agreements (1/2 hour in 1/2 hour home). But to the best of my knowledge from the 6 or 8 books that I have purchased. My interpretation is from the time your butt hits the seat in the morning to the time you hit the driveway at home in the evening you are to be paid.

The agreements that different companies have really dont matter if you get a disgruntled employee that drops a dime to the wages and labor division. I was a tech for a dealer that it happened to. Not only did they have to go back and pay everyone, it also cost them a thousand dollars per violation (or somewhere in that area).

After that was settled the cure was everyone left the service vans at the branch and drove their own vehicles in and picked up the vans and dropped them back off in the evening.

In Florida there are many companies that do the same thing. Mostly air conditioning and plumbing type companies and at least one John Deere dealer.