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National Beef sued in donning-and-doffing action
Story Date: 5/24/2012
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Source: Lisa M. Keefe, MEATINGPLACE, 5/23/12
Two employees of National Beef Packing Co. have filed a donning-and-doffing lawsuit on behalf of the company’s more than 2,000 employees at its Liberal, Kan., location, according to documents filed with U.S. District Court in Kansas.
The lawsuit alleges that the company owes eligible employees straight and overtime pay for minutes spent donning and doffing protective gear, and also on walking to and from assigned positions on the production line, waiting for the line to begin operating, waiting for equipment or to clean equipment, and for “finalizing the processing of meat on their assigned production line at the end of the shifts.”
The lawsuits says that the company’s pay policies are in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The complaint was filed Monday by Valente Sandoval Barbosa, who still works for the company, and Carolina Gaytan, who worked for National Beef for more than 10 years. National Beef has been similarly sued in the past, in 2008 by an employee in California. That case was settled for $3.35 million.
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