Wage Recovery for Poultry Workers

Our firm served as lead counsel in FLSA collective action brought by poultry processing workers who were paid in accordance with the employer’s “line time” policy. The workers alleged that, as a result of this practice, they were not paid for donning and doffing work activities in violation of the FLSA. The firm tried this case to a jury. After a week-long trial, the jury returned a verdict finding that Koch Foods’ “line time” policy violated the FLSA and that such violations were willful.