Labor/Employment
Oct. 14, 2006
Cities Must Pay Officers for Donning Gear
FORUM COLUMN - By Alison Berry Wilkinson - The question in the dispute over whether the donning and doffing of safety gear is compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act is whether the equipment is integral and indispensable to the job.
Forum Column
By Alison Berry Wilkinson
The question in the dispute over whether the donning and doffing of safety gear is compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act is whether the equipment is integral and indispensable to the job. If you say that it isn't, I ask you to pause and consider whether you would confront, chase and arrest bad guys without at least a pair of hand...
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