In Sehie v. City of Aurora, decided December 27, 2005, by the Seventh Circuit, Kari Sehie, a former emergency dispatcher for the City of Aurora ("Aurora"), sued her former employer for claims arising from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The parties stipulated to the facts and the district court entered judgment in favor of Sehie. The issue before the Seventh Circuit was whether the time Sehie spent attending and traveling to and from counseling sessions that Aurora mandated are compensable under the FLSA. The Seventh Circuit agreed with the district court that this time is compensable.

In this case, Aurora must pay Sehie for any (1) physical or mental exertion; (2) controlled and required by the employer, and (3) pursued necessarily and primarily for the benefit of the employer. The Court explained that the mandatory counseling sessions that Sehie attended, at the direction of Aurora, clearly satisfied these requirements and was therefore compensable under the FLSA.