The Newswire for Business Lawyers

Prestage Foods Hit With Donning, Doffing Action

Law360, New York (June 22, 2009) -- Prestage Foods Co. Inc. has become the latest poultry processor to be hit with a putative collective action accusing the company of breaching the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing job-related gear.

Two former Prestage workers filed a complaint Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina alleging the company willfully engaged in a policy of denying...

Login

E-mail
Password
 
  I forgot my login details.

For the whole story, take a 7-day free trial.

Submit your request to try Law360 for free for seven days:

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

*Required

Select at least one interest area:*
You will receive Law360's free daily newsletter for the interest area(s) selected..

Appellate
Bankruptcy
Competition
Contract
Corporate Finance
Employment
Energy
Environmental
Financial Services
Health
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Product Liability
Securities
Technology
Top News (General Interest)
The only daily news service covering every major practice area of the law.
  • Breaking news available nowhere else
  • More than 66% of articles published before or simultaneously with any other source
  • 44% of articles have critical legal documents attached
  • More than 1,000 columns by leading practitioners published per year
  • More than 20,000 exclusive articles published per year
  • Detailed coverage of 16 major practice areas