4th Circuit judge denies poultry workers compensation for ‘donning and doffing’ 

Posted: 8:00 pm Sun, January 3, 2010
By Brendan Kearney

A class of 250 unionized Delaware poultry plant workers are not due wages for the time they have spent “donning and doffing” their protective gear each day, a federal appellate court in Richmond has affirmed, clarifying the issue for Maryland’s district court and adding another pro-employer decision to the national circuit split. In a decision that ...