Adair, et al. v. ConAgra Foods, et al., No. 12-3565 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, two laborers, filed suit against their employer, ConAgra Foods, alleging that ConAgra violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 216(b), by failing to compensate them and others similarly situated for time spent walking between changing stations where they donned and doffed their uniforms and the time clock where they punch in and out for the day. The court concluded that the time spent by the laborers donning and doffing their uniforms was excluded by agreement from the hours for which they were employed; donning and doffing was not an activity that the laborers were employed to perform, and it was therefore not a principal activity that begins and ends the workday; and it follows that the time spent walking between the clothes-changing stations and the time clock was not part of the workday and workweek for which the employer was liable to pay overtime compensation under the FLSA. Accordingly, the court reversed the district court's denial of ConAgra's motion for summary judgment and remanded for further proceedings.
Court Description: Civil case - Fair Labor Standards Act. The time plaintiffs spent donning and doffing uniforms was excluded by agreement from the hours for which they are employed, and since that time is not a covered part of the workday, it follows that time spent walking between the clothes-changing station and the time clock is not a part of the workday and workweek for which the employer is liable to pay overtime compensation. [ August 29, 2013
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