The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that FLSA （Fair Labor Standards Act） requires workers are compensated for the time they spend walking to and from the production floor after donning and before doffing required safety gear.
The court also said the time spent waiting to doff the required safety gear is compensable under the FLSA. However, that the time waiting for the first piece of equipment was a "preliminary activity" and wasn't compensable.
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to compensate employees for all work time, and a 1947 law that generally excludes from compensation the time employees spend traveling to their work stations. The FLSA also allows employers and workers to agree in a labor contract to exclude clothes-changing time from payment.
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