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Commuting Time (Medium). The general rule is that commuting time to and from work is non-compensable unless an exception applies. For the following scenario, answer both subparts. (a) Iris Delgado, a mobile maintenance technician for BrightWatt Co., is based at the regional service center. She travels to a distant client site located 90 kilometers away. The company provides a company van that departs the service center at 5:45 a.m. and reaches the client site by 7:05 a.m. She reports for duties at 9:00 a.m. The company pays only for hours actually spent performing duties; the 1 hour 15 minutes of commuting is not paid. While traveling to the client site, Iris is on-call and must respond to emergencies within 15 minutes; the company pays her only for time spent actually responding to emergencies, not for travel time. Does this on-call arrangement change the compensability of the travel time? Explain briefly. (b) On the return trip, Iris is also on-call with the same 15-minute response requirement; the company pays her only for time spent actually responding to emergencies, not for travel time. Does this on-call arrangement change the compensability of the travel time? Explain briefly.