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01/10/2017 3. Travel Away from Home Community (Overnight). Time a Worker spends traveling away from - and back to — their home community. The Employer is allowed to subtract the time the Worker would normally spend traveling from home to work 53 (see Subpart E(1) of this section) E. Travel Time (Non-Comnensable). The following examples are not considered hours worked and the Employer does not need to compensate the Worker: 1. Travel from Home to Work. Time a Worker spends traveling from home -to -work, or work -to - home, before the workday begins, or after the workday ends.54 2. Passenger in a Vehicle. Time a Worker spends as a passenger in a vehicle traveling away from home community, outside of regular working hours, on any day of the week. This exemption only applies to a Worker that is not performing any work -related duties during the time as a passenger.55 VIII. FRINGE BENEFITS A. Funded Fringe Benefit Plan Criteria. In order for a funded Fringe Benefit (e.g., health/medical insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, pension, etc.) to be considered and creditable towards the Total Prevailing Wage Rate it must be:56 1. a contribution irrevocably made by a Contractor on behalf of an Worker to a financially responsible trustee, third person, fund, plan, or program; 2. carried out under a financially responsible plan or program; 3. legally enforceable; 4. communicated in writing to the Worker; and 5. made available to the Worker once he/she has met all eligibility requirements. B. Unfunded Fringe Benefit Plan Criteria. In order for a unfunded Fringe Benefit (e.g., vacation, holiday, sick leave, etc.) to be considered and creditable towards the Total Prevailing Wage Rate it must be:57 1. reasonably anticipated to provide a benefit; 2. a commitment that can be legally enforced; 3. carried out under a financially responsible plan or program; 4. communicated in writing to the Worker; and 5. made available to the Worker once he/she has met all eligibility requirements. C. Fringe Benefit Contributions for Hours Worked. A Contractor that provides Fringe Benefits to a Worker must make contributions, not less than quarterly58, for all hours worked,59 including overtime hours, unless it's a defined benefit or contribution plan that provides for immediate participation and immediate or essentially immediate vesting (see subpart D2 of this section).6° ss United States Department of Labor Fact Sheet #22 54 United States Department of Labor Fact Sheet #22 ss United States Department of Labor Fact Sheet #22 'Minn. Stat. 177.42, Subdivision 6 57 Minn. Stat. 177.42, Subdivision 6 58 29 CRF, Part 5.5(a)(1)(i) s9 Government and non -government Work 60 United States Department of Labor Field Operation Handbook, Section 15f14(f)(1) 6-A