Spoerle v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that donning and doffing of safety and sanitation equipment that meat processing plant employees were required to wear but did not have option of taking home was a principal activity
• holding that donning and doffing of gear and frock at meat processing plant was integral and indispensable where it was necessary to perform job safely, where it was required by company policy and federal law, and where the failure to do so resulted in discipline
• rejecting argument that “if Congress requires employers to engage in collective bargaining on a particular matter, states are powerless to impose any requirements that touch on any aspect of that matter”
• “no court has explained why 10 minutes of work is worthy of compensation but 9 minutes and 59 seconds is not”
• “Under this [court’s] understanding of ‘changing clothes,’ putting on a uniform would not be covered under the FLSA under ordinary circumstances, but donning and doffing equipment used to protect against hazards particular to the workplace would be covered.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).