Tyson Workers In 2 FLSA Suits Win Conditional Cert.

By Allison Grande

Law360, New York (November 09, 2009, 3:12 PM ET) -- A federal judge has granted conditional certification for two of nearly a dozen suits brought by Tyson Foods Inc. workers accusing the factory of failing to pay them for time spent donning and doffing compulsory safety gear.

Judge John A. Jarvey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on Friday certified separate classes for current and former employees who worked at Tyson's Council Bluffs processing facility or its Waterloo and Perry factories in Iowa and were paid under a “gang time” compensation...
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