New Wage and Hour litigation against Pilgrim's Pride

Michael Hassen, of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP , a defense firm in California reports:

Arkansas court conditionally certifies, FLSA Class Action alleging failure to compensate workers for time spent donning, doffing and cleaning safety and sanitary gear ...

In re Pilgrim’s Pride Fair Labor Standards Act Litig., ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (W.D. Ark. March 13, 2008) [Slip Opn., at 1 and n.1]. The class action covered workers at 21 plants located in 10 states, and covered “tasks on the chicken processing line, such as slaughtering, cutting, deboning, cleaning, and packaging.”....