On Tuesday February 19, 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments regarding what constitutes “changing clothes” within the meaning of section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act? Section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act provides: “In determining for the purposes of sections 206 and 207 of this title the hours for which an employee is employed, there shall be excluded any time spent in changing clothes or washing at the beginning or end of each workday which was excluded from measured working time during the week involved by the express terms of or by custom or practice under a bona fide collective-bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employee.” The Supreme Court’s decision will likely have a wide-ranging impact on a variety of industries. The case is captioned, CliftonSandifer, et al. v. United States Steel Corporation. Check back for updates as this case progresses.
