Court Allows Plaintiffs to Run In-Plant Study; RFID Cards Will Track Workers’ Walking Time

Bakery workers who allege that Kellogg Co. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to compensate them for time they spent walking to and from their work stations are entitled to have an expert witness enter the Kellogg plant and conduct an electronic “time and motion study” of employee movements through the facility, a federal court in Kansas ruled Feb. 7 (McDonald v. Kellogg Co.).

Granting a motion by Joseph McDonald and other current and former production employees at Kellogg’s Kansas City, Kan., plant, Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara of the U.S. District Court for the District ...