Case: Wage & Hour/Unpaid Wages (D. Utah)

A Utah federal district court denied Gentry Mountain Mining’s motion to dismiss Fair Labor Standards Act and Portal-to-Portal Act claims brought by a roof bolter/operator who alleged he was not compensated for time spent donning and doffing personal protective equipment, showering, and travel time to and from the work site, finding that the worker adequately pleaded that these activities were integral and indispensable to his job in the mine, that the approximately two hours per shift spent on these activities was not de minimis, and that the comany’s conduct was willfully in violation of the FLSA.

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