Oregon Jury Finds That Employer Must Compensate Workers For Donning and Doffing

(From Bullard eAlert Oct. 15, 2009 Wage and Hour Update)
A recent jury verdict serves as a good reminder to employers: where an employer requires employees to don or doff uniforms/protective gear at the place of employment, and the donning/doffing may be an integral and indispensable part of the employee’s principal duties, then the time spent doing that may be compensable. In our newest Bullard Alert we discuss these issues in more detail.