Whether an employer's single prior interaction with the DOL is sufficient to establish notice of FLSA provisions for future alleged willful violations, and whether the federal government can require private employers to compensate employees for non-employer provided travel

1. Whether under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) an employer’s single unrelated prior interaction with the Department of Labor (“DOL”) is sufficient basis to put an employer on notice of all provisions of the FLSA, such that any future alleged violation must constitute a “willful” violation subject to increased penalties under the Act? 2. Whether under the FLSA and Portal -to-Portal Act (“PPA”) the federal government may require private employers to compensate employees for non -employer provided travel when the federal government denies that such time is compensable where the federal governm ent is the employer?