On Friday, the United States Supreme Court agreed to resolve the current split among the Circuit Courts regarding whether “service advisors” are exempt from overtime under the 213(b)(10) exemption, an exemption applicable to any “salesman, partsman, or mechanic” who is primarily engaged in “selling or servicing automobiles.” Both the Fourth and Fifth Circuits have held
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Supreme Court Affirms Seventh Circuit: Donning of Protective Gear “Changing Clothes” Within the Meaning of FLSA Provision
By Noel P. Tripp on
Building on its prior rulings in so-called “donning and doffing” cases, the Supreme Court affirmed the Seventh Circuit’s 2012 decision holding that the donning of certain protective gear qualifies as “changing clothes” within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 203(o), and thus is susceptible to exclusion from the hours worked calculation under the terms…