Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America, 325 U.S. 161 (1945) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with the compensation of mine workers for time spent traveling to work sites while underground.
The employer, Jewell Ridge, sought declaratory judgment against its employee's union to determine whether the time spent traveling underground by the coal miners between the portals of the employer's two bituminous coal mines and the working faces was included in the compensable workweek under § 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 207(a). (Note: The Fair Labor Standards Act is now Chapter 8 of Title 29 of the United States Code, abbreviated as § 8 of 29 U.S.C.)
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