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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 6/11/08
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected appeals in labor lawsuits involving Tyson Foods Inc. and Cagle's Inc., effectively declining to reconsider when federal labor laws require employers to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing protective gear.
The Tyson case involves its New Holland, Penn., poultry complex. The Springdale, Ark.-based company sought reversal of an appeals court's decision to overturn a federal district court's ruling in favor of the company in 2006. "We're disappointed the Supreme Court chose not to review our appeal, but intend to continue to defend the company's position as this case goes back to the district court," spokesman Gary Mickelson told Meatingplace.com.
Union workers filed the Cagle's appeal in an effort to claim pay for time spent putting on and taking off sanitary and protective gear at the Atlanta-based company's Camilla, Ga., poultry processing plant. They seek reversal of a federal appeals court ruling that donning and doffing was excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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