Spoerle v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are hourly employees at defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc.’s meat processing plant in Madison, Wisconsin. Before they clock in for work, plaintiffs are required to put on several items of safety and sanitation equipment and then walk to their work stations where the time clock is located. The process is repeated in reverse after plaintiffs clock out. Plaintiffs contend that defendant’s refusal to pay them for this time violates the Fair Labor Standards Act and Wisconsin law.

Defendant filed an early motion for summary judgment, in…