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Labor/Employment

Oct. 14, 2006

Police Departments Should Not Pay for Getting Dressed

FORUM COLUMN - By Kathy E. Mount - In IBP Inc. v. Alvarez, (2005) 126 S.Ct. 514, the United States Supreme Court interpreted the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers in the meat and poultry processing business compensate employees for time spent donning and doffing certain safety gear.


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By Kathy E. Mount

     
      In IBP Inc. v. Alvarez, (2005) 126 S.Ct. 514, the United States Supreme Court interpreted the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers in the meat and poultry processing business compensate employees for time spent donning and doffing certain safety gear. For those employers with no connection to the meat packing industry this case ra...

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