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Amelia Cruz, a maintenance technician employed by MetroQuest Services, is based at a central workshop in City Z. She is assigned to service two client facilities: Site P (30 km away) and Site Q (60 km away). On Monday, she leaves the workshop at 5:10 a.m., arrives at Site P by 5:50 a.m. and performs maintenance from 6:05 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.; then drives to Site Q, arriving at 9:40 a.m. and performs service from 9:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; she returns to the workshop, arriving at 2:40 p.m. Travel time from the workshop to Site P, from Site P to Site Q, and from Site Q back to the workshop is not compensated; on-site hours are paid. In light of Philippine law: (a) identify the controlling doctrine on travel time and compensation; (b) distinguish the conditions under which travel time is compensable versus non-compensable; (c) apply the rule to Amelia’s facts and state whether travel time should be paid, with reasons.