On January 27, 2014, the United States Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., No. 12-417, 2014 WL 273241 (Jan. 27, 2014) holding that steelworkers’ donning and doffing of certain items of required protective gear constituted “changing clothes” within the meaning of section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Since the time spent by the steelworkers donning and doffing their protective gear was specifically excluded from working time under a collective bargaining agreement, the Supreme Court held that the time was not compensable by operation of section 203(o). Continue reading “Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Obligations to Pay for Time Spent Donning and Doffing Clothes” →