[machogirl]

what????????????

[machogirl]

i did a search using the key words, i apologize if this has been posted already

[PLMerite]

“...but when I was the police officer and I put on the uniform, you literally become someone else.”

Yeah, Chutzmah Man judging from the ‘nads required to file this lawsuit.

[donna]

I say let them go out into that 115 degree heat and sit on that hot car seat stark naked - they’ll be begging to get dressed on their own time, LOL.

[WVKayaker]

To serve and protect!

[codercpc]

The company my husband works for was just served with a lawsuit for this. "Doffing and Donning" it is called. The employees suing are also including shower time in their lawsuit.

At this time it is just 5 employees, but according to an article in our local paper last week, the lawyers are looking to make it a class action, which would include all employees whether they agree or not.

My husband and I think it is stupid, because they are not required to change, or shower at work. And the only "outside the norm" pieces of equiptment they wear are shoes with metatarsal guards, and hard hats. They do get extremely dirty in some parts of the plant, but other parts (like where my husband works) is relatively clean and the majority go home to shower.

We will not be party to the suit, but it seems like if it goes class action we have no choice? The firm that is representing the group comes from out of state, and it seems like they have made these type of lawsuits their niche.

[raynearhood]

The argument involving police officers donning and doffing the uniform has been ongoing for at least the past 18 months, since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that employees at a meat packing plant should be compensated for putting on and taking off their safety equipment and uniforms

Funny, I missed this one.

[Mark was here]

It is all part of showing up to work ready to go.

Will those who dress at home get paid?

If the cops win this one, enough cops should be fired to make up the cost, so the taxpayers are not hit with a higher cost.

[Coffee200am]

I wish to report a burglary!

[Eepsy]

If you are required to get changed at work you should be paid for the time it takes. If you have the choice of dressing at home, you shouldn’t. Seems simple enough to me....

[Fundamentally Fair]

...since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that employees at a meat packing plant should be compensated for putting on and taking off their safety equipment and uniforms.

The Founders would be proud.

[Larry Lucido]

“We are also required to report for work rested and alert. So we should get paid 8 hours sleep time.”