Employer Owes Pay for Actual Time Changing, Showering— Not Its ‘Reasonable’ Estimate

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Insurance Journal - Jan 02, 2025

A Pennsylvania battery firm has been found responsible for paying $22.25 million in backpay to workers to cover the actual time they spent changing and showering for their jobs working with hazardous materials. Their employer, East Penn Manufacturing, had argued …...

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