Compliance Stuff

  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed delaying enforcement of the REAL ID requirement for passengers of domestic airlines to give travelers two more years to update to REAL ID-compliant identifications. The proposal is   open for comments   until Oct. 15, 2024. The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress based on the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations. Full enforcement for domestic air travelers was scheduled to go into effect in May 2025. That date  likely will be pushed to 2027 . Under REAL ID security regulations, all passengers 18 years and over on domestic airlines would need a REAL ID-compliant identification to board. Although various documents are REAL ID-compliant, the key document became state-issued REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses. Approximately 53 percent of the U.S. population had REAL ID-compliant identifications in 2023 when the deadline was pushed to May 2025. As of now, only 56 percent of the population have REAL ID-compliant ...

 The US Department of Labor (DOL) filed an  amicus brief (friend-of-the-court) brief  urging the Seventh Circuit to affirm the district court's ruling that employers must pay for such travel time and to extend the district court's ruling to include travel time outside of regular work hours.  If the court adopts this position, it will significantly expand the scope of compensable travel time for non-exempt employees in the Seventh Circuit who travel to remote jobsites. Source(s): Olgetree Deakins, received on May 10, 2024; YouTube , accessed on May 21, 2024.