August 16, 2013
A unit of Smithfield Foods Inc. asked a Missouri federal judge on Friday to approve a $5.8 million settlement with a class of workers who alleged the company violated state and federal labor laws by failing to pay them for time spent changing into and out of their uniforms.
May 20, 2013
A federal judge determined Friday that a class of workers at a pork processing plant owned by a Smithfield Foods Inc. subsidiary should be compensated for time spent changing into and out of their uniforms, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alvarez v. IBP Inc.
February 09, 2012
A judge on Thursday certified a class of workers at a Missouri pork processing plant owned by a Smithfield Foods Inc. subsidiary who allege they weren't paid for the time they spent putting on and taking off safety gear, in violation of state wage laws.