November 17, 2011
Butterball LLC reached a $4 million settlement Thursday in North Carolina with a class of turkey processing plant workers who claim the company illegally failed to compensate them for protective wear donning and doffing time.
September 30, 2011
A North Carolina federal judge on Thursday rejected Butterball LLC's bid to decertify a class of workers at a turkey processing plant who claim the company illegally failed to compensate them for time spent putting on and removing protective gear.
May 25, 2010
A federal magistrate judge in a donning and doffing class action has said Butterball LLC must give plaintiffs access to four confidential attorney-client documents the company left at a poultry processing plant.
November 04, 2009
The federal judge overseeing the Fair Labor Standards Act suit brought by a group of Butterball LLC workers has shot down a request to force the poultry giant to implement new measures that would allow the company to track time spent donning and doffing.
May 14, 2007
A class action suit accusing turkey processing company Butterball LLC of refusing to pay overtime and back wages was moved from state court to federal court on Friday.