Lewis v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Suppose, for example, that Mrs. A pays her cook $40 a week plus $1 with which to buy a streetcar pass, while Mrs. B pays her cook $41, out of which $1 is destined to go for a pass, although it is not so labeled in the agreement for compensation. This technical difference in the name of the payment surely should not thrust upon Mrs. A a liability which extends throughout the streetcar journey, while relieving Mrs. B of the same liability. Yet this is what would happen under the oftenheard generalization that whenever the employer pays or reimburses the employee for travel expenses the travel becomes part of the employment. It should be apparent that, in some cases at least, the transportation allowance is merely a form of added compensation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 Md. App. 317 - Ryan v. Kasaskeris

2. ““Although an exception is made to the general [going and coming] rule in those instances where the employer furnishes transportation to and from the place of employment, nevertheless, no exception is made where the employer provides transportation costs, as counsel for petitioner suggests.... “This court comes to the conclusion that under the facts in this case the payment of 20 cents for carfare was merely an additional compensation and nothing more.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 Md. App. 317 - Ryan v. Kasaskeris