Legal Opinion
Ryan DeKeyser v. Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 2013No. 12-3306PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, District Judge.
Ryan DeKeyser, Thomas Cooper, Harley Granius, and Carlos Lantz sued their employer, Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. (“Waupaca”), an iron casting manufacturer, alleging that Waupaca violated the Fan-Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., by not paying them overtime compensation for time they spent showering and changing clothes at Waupa-ca’s foundries. They represent a class (an “opt-in” class under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b)) of more than four hundred Waupaca foundry workers.
The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Waupaca, ruling that showering…
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