In Sunshine Mining Co. v. Carver (1941), the court states that during this time the employee is under the control, direction and supervision of the employer, so he should be paid for It. The employee volunteers to the employer at a specific time. The employer decides the place of work and the distance to this destination can be short or long. Therefore, travel time between the portal and the workplace should be considered working time. Another argument is that employers are active during travel time. In Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123, 135 F.2d 320 (1943), the court found that employers “exacted physical and mental exertion from employees under both dangerous and unhealthy conditions” during travel time. Since workers perform services for the employer, the employer should pay the worker for his or her time. Subsequently, the court finds that the employees were on working time because work begins when the employee reaches the entrance of the workplace. As stated by the Supreme Court in Bountiful Brick Company et al. v. Giles, 276 US 154 (1402) “as a general rule, the employment relationship may be said to begin when the employee reaches the entrance to the employer's premises where the work is to be performed
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