Supreme Court Saves Stupid Businesses From Themselves
From Bloomberg:
Workers at meat-processing plants must be paid for the time they spend walking between their work stations and the locker rooms where they don and doff protective gear, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
The justices, interpreting a federal wage law, today unanimously ruled against two companies, including Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat processor. The court also said workers must be paid for some of the time spent waiting at stations to receive and return equipment.
Even supposed “evil probusiness conservative lapdogs” Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas saw through this crap. I suppose these companies would like to consider the time a person waits for the next item to come down the line unpaid leave. As the post title states, this ruling saves Tyson and similar companies, who should have been embarrassed at the idea of trying to defend themselves over these practices, from their own stupid selves.
