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If you hope to find any employees that view "landscaping" as a serious career, you'll have to treat them (and their time) with respect. I'll agree that most new employees are not worthy of much respect because they lack work ethic and professionalism. In that case, fire them and move on. BUT, the unique ones that are commendable should be shown appreciation. Don't lump them in with the slackers.
...and not paying for lunch time is standard for 99% of the jobs out there. However, trying to not pay (or underpay) for "unproductive time," such as drive time is not the norm. Should we also begin excluding other unproductive time such as bathroom breaks...stopping to chat for 2 minutes with a fellow employee about personal problems... if all work stops while you talk to a customer...waiting on a delivery that grinds the job to a halt....a 15 minute torrential rain delay...etc.
If you want to keep key people, you'll need to figure in these intangibles (or in the case of drive time-tangibles) into your estimates. Or else, imagine how much your estimate will be off when, on Monday, you lose your best worker(s) to someone who doesn't try to use these time card "gotchas."
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