Legal Opinion
Spoerle v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 2010No. 09-2691PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing “integral and indispensable” safety gear. See IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 546 U.S. 21, 126 S.Ct. 514, 163 L.Ed.2d 288 (2005); 29 U.S.C. § 254. It also allows labor and management to vary this rule through collective bargaining:
Hours Worked. — In determining for the purposes of sections 206 and 207 of this title the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be excluded any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the beginning or end of each workday which was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- IBP, Inc. v. AlvarezSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Pirant v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- In Re Cargill Meat Solutions Wage & Hour LitigationDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Franklin v. Kellogg Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
- Salazar v. BUTTERBALL, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
- Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Rochell Mitchell v. JCG IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- Snyder v. Dietz & Watson, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2011
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