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10 Nov 2015, 11:37 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
As we have described in our earlier posts, [here, here, and here], several named plaintiffs claimed that Tyson Foods failed to pay a class of more than 3,000 employees in a pork processing plant for time spent “donning” and “doffing” various kinds of sanitary and protective gear and for other pre- and post-shift activities. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 3:52 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Applying these principles in Tyson, the Court focused on the employer’s failure to keep records of the actual time employees spent donning and doffing gear, as required by the FLSA. [read post]
22 May 2008, 7:51 am
On Tuesday, Akin Gump filed this reply brief in the case of Tyson Foods, Inc. v. de Ascencio. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 1:05 pm
An appeal about intervention into a lawsuit over whether employees at a Tyson Foods plant are entitled under federal law to receive compensation for time spent donning and doffing the safety and sanitary gear they must wear on the chicken processing line: The U.S. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 8:29 am by Lawrence Moore
In Tyson, the plaintiffs showed predominance in a class and FLSA collective action by relying on their expert’s calculation of an average time spent donning and doffing protective gear to be applied to members of the class—an approach necessitated by the employer’s failure to keep records required by statute. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 8:13 am
CtW, the investment arm of the Change to Win labor federation, is calling on investors to vote against Don Tyson, John Tyson, Barbara Tyson, and Richard Bond at the Springdale, Arkansas-based meat processing company's Feb. 1 annual meeting. [read post]
27 Sep 2014, 12:04 pm
 On many of the issues Davis raised, Tyson essentially claims that the precise details of his stories don’t matter, because he’s making broader points. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 1:38 pm by Holland & Hart
Tyson Foods argued that because the workers did not all wear the same protective gear, each individual plaintiff spent different amounts of time donning and doffing the gear. [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 6:14 am by Joy Waltemath
” The coworker also stated that the supervisor told him “if you are a couple of minutes late don’t worry about it, people have things to do. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 9:10 am by David Friedman
An entertaining and persuasive defense of Tyson's position points out that people who "don't want to eat a tomato that has fish DNA" are coming to the issue a little late. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 4:04 pm by Thomas Kaufman and Melissa Smith
  Before the district court, Tyson did not dispute whether the compensability of time spent donning and doffing was a question common to the class. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 8:31 pm by KC Johnson
[Updated, Friday, 1.07pm: In the race-to-the-bottom among critics of the paper, none other than Tim Tyson--yes, that Tim Tyson--has weighed in on the matter. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 4:30 pm
Third Circuit sees potential merit in poultry workers' lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods, Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act in failing to pay the workers for time they spend "donning and doffing," as well as washing, their work gear: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 6:36 am by admin
” Last month, Tyson Foods settled a donning and doffing suit for $500,000. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 8:13 pm
  As the law currently stands, if an activity is integrally related to the primary job function, the time spent engaged in that activity (i.e. donning and duffing clothing) is compensable. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 7:03 am by John Lewis and Dustin Dow
The workers claimed Tyson did not compensate them for the total time they spent “donning” and “doffing” protective and sanitary equipment at Tyson’s facility. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 2:13 pm by Tammy Binford
” Employer takeaway The estimation of donning and doffing time is common in many industries, Whitney said, but was of concern in the Tyson case because Tyson could have accurately accounted for the time. [read post]