The most common meaning of protocol is âa system of rules that explain the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in formal situations,â as in these example sentences: 1  The soldier's actions constituted a breach of military protocol.
Therefore, when terms of an employment contract identify a specific type of travel time as compensable or, as a result of a custom, practice, or policy, employees are regularly paid for travel time that otherwise would not be compensable, the exemptions provided by the Portal Act are negated.
A. For the purpose of earning compensatory time off for travel, bona fide meal periods are not considered time in a travel status. For example, if an employee spends an uninterrupted hour eating a meal at an airport restaurant while waiting for a connecting flight, that hour is not considered time in a travel status.