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Supreme Court· 11/8/2005

IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez

Citations

  • 546 U.S. 21
  • 126 S. Ct. 514
  • 163 L. Ed. 2d 288
  • 2005 U.S. LEXIS 8373

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  • holding that time spent walking between the locker room and the production area after donning protective gear is compensable work under the FLSA
  • concluding that an “explicit reference” to a previous statutory definition prohibits interpreting the same word differently
  • concluding that an \explicit reference\ to a previous statutory definition prohibits interpreting the same word differently
  • holding that under the continuous workday rule, “work time [is] continuous, not the sum of discrete periods”
  • concluding that § 203(o) constitutes an “exemption” from FLSA requirements and is an affirmative defense on which the defendant bears the burden
  • concluding that time spent walking between the locker room and the production area after donning protective gear is compensable work under the FLSA

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Judges: Stevens

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