Pay is due if wait time is vital to job

I’m a school bus driver. After my route ends, I have to fuel my bus at a local station for the next day. I think I should be paid for that time because under company policy I have to wait until another employee comes to the station with a fueling card. That wait time can be up to an hour. But the company refuses to pay me for that time. In addition, each day I pick up an attendant who has to ride on my bus because I transport disabled students. Again, the bus company refuses to pay me for that travel time. Is this legal?

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Both refusals are illegal, said Irv Miljoner, who heads the Long Island, N.Y., office of the U.S. Labor Department. You have to refuel the bus, which requires a wait, and you have to pick up the attendant. In other words, you don’t have a choice.