Sleeves or plastic arm guards, wrist wraps, mesh gloves, rubber gloves, polar The protective equipment utilized in the meat packing industry was compensableĪnd that the protective equipment did not constitute “clothes” under §Ģ03(o) was an exemption that must be read narrowly, the 1997 opinion letterĮxplained that the “plain meaning” of “clothes” as used in § 203(o) did notĮncompass protective equipment (e.g., mesh aprons, plastic belly guards, mesh The Administrator first considered whether protectiveĮquipment could be “clothes” under the § 203(o) exemption in a 1997 opinionĪdministrator concluded that the time spent putting on, taking off and cleaning

Guidance on these important and frequently litigated issues. Is issuing this interpretation of the term “clothes” in § 203(o), and of whetherĬlothes changing covered by § 203(o) is a principal activity, to provide needed Provision and a thorough review of the legislative history and case law, the Administrator After a careful analysis of the statutory Practice” under a collective bargaining agreement.

Workday” is excluded from compensable time under the FLSA if the time isĮxcluded from compensable time pursuant to “the express terms or by custom or That time spent “changing clothes or washing at the beginning or end of each Section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides Of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 870 (2014), and should no longer be relied upon. The portions of Administrator Interpretation 2010-2 discussing the meaning of “changing clothes” under section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act have been superseded by the Supreme Court’s ruling in

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