High Court Will Review FLSA “Clothes-Changing” Case

The US Supreme Court on Feb 19, 2013, agreed to review whether employees time spent putting on and taking off safety equipment is time spent ?changing clothes? within the meaning of a Fair Labor Standards Act provision. Section 203 of the act provides that an employee?s FLSA-compensable working hours exclude any time spent in changing clothes at the beginning or end of the workday that is excluded from measured working time under a collective bargaining agreement.  

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High Court Will Review FLSA �Clothes-Changing� Case