Harvey v. AB Electrolux

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MARK W. BENNETT, District Judge.

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Plaintiffs have brought claims on behalf of hourly employees at defendants’ former laundry appliances plant in Webster City, Iowa. Plaintiffs claim that defendants’ failure to compensate them for the time they spent donning personal protective equipment (“PPE”), walking to their work stations after donning their PPE, and washing their gloves and arm guards at home violates the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. and the Iowa Wage…