context: The response-time restrictions placed on plaintiff were not particularly severe; plaintiff received only between ten and twenty pages per year and the alarms sounded infrequently. Plaintiff also had a half hour to respond to notifications from the District.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 357 F.3d 938, 938
citation_a.parenthetical: finding that the Owens factors weighted narrowly in favor of the employees were they were subject to the constant pressures of being absolutely prepared to respond to emergencies where the safety of thousands was at stake
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Brigham, 357 F.3d at 938 (finding that the Owens factors weighted narrowly in favor of the employees were they were subject to the constant pressures of being absolutely prepared to respond to emergencies where the safety of thousands was at stake). Moreover, while plaintiff was required to live at the facility and was subject to geographic constraints, the undisputed evidence demonstrates that he engaged in a variety of personal pursuits including home improvement, construction projects, having visitors, watching television, and participating at the Masonic Lodge.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 971 F.2d 349, 349
citation_b.parenthetical: finding on-call time not com-pensable where employees required to reply within ten minutes of receiving a call or page
citation_b.sentence: See Berry, 30 F.3d at 1184 (finding on-call time not compensable where employees required to remain in the county and to respond to calls within fifteen minutes); Owens, 971 F.2d at 349 (finding on-call time not com-pensable where employees required to reply within ten minutes of receiving a call or page). Further, while release of water from the Dam was important to prevent flooding, there is no evidence that plaintiffs duties put him in the position of being responsible for the safety of thousands of people and thus, required him to be both immediate and absolutely prepared in his responses.