Neither federal nor state law requires Illinois poultry workers to be paid for the time they spend changing garments before and after their lunch break, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled, upholding the dismissal of a class action appeal to compel such compensation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on March 18 said that the workers, who eviscerate and debone chicken carcasses, were not entitled to overtime for the “donning and doffing” of sanitary and protective gear at the beginning and end of their lunch breaks. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois had sided with the plant owners.
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