Law360, New York (July 19, 2011, 12:38 PM ET) -- Smithfield Packing Co. Inc. on Monday agreed to pay about 1,500 employees back wages to settle a pair of overtime suits from classes of North Carolina workers who claim they weren't paid for time spent donning and doffing equipment.
The settlement — which won approval from U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard — calls for all of the company's current and former hog process division line production workers to receive $11.11 for half of the weeks they worked during their individual claim periods. Based on earlier...
Smithfield Settles With 1,500 Workers Over Donning, Doffing
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