Castaneda v. JBS S.A., No. 14-1217 (10th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs were then-current and former hourly employees in the slaughter and fabrication operations of a beef-processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, now owned by JBS USA, LLC (JBS). Plaintiffs were paid under the terms of collective-bargaining agreements negotiated between the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (the Union) and JBS. Plaintiffs filed suit against JBS in October 2010, claiming that they did not receive compensation required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The disputes concerned when the work day began, when it ended, and what, if any, compensation was due when the production lines halt for a 30-minute meal break. After a bench trial the United States District Court for the District of Colorado found that Plaintiffs had failed to carry their burden of proof and entered judgment in favor of JBS. Finding no reversible error to the district court's judgment, the Tenth Circuit affirmed.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on May 3, 2016.
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