Donning and Doffing During Meal Breaks Is Not Compensable under Section 203(o) of the FLSA and the Illinois Wage Act: Seventh Circuit | Practical Law
In Mitchell v. JCG Industries Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the time that unionized plaintiffs at a poultry processing plant spent taking off and putting on their protective gear before and after their meal breaks was not compensable under Section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Illinois Wage Act, because the parties' collective bargaining agreement (CBA) excluded changing time and meal breaks from measured working time, and the amount of time they spent changing was de minimis.