Opinion ID: 220260
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Miscellaneous FLSA issues

Text: Plaintiffs brought claims not only for pre-and post-shift donning and doffing time, but also for donning and doffing time during their breaks. Section 203(o) applies only to changing clothes that occurs at the beginning and end of the workday and, thus, would not apply to donning and doffing during break time. See Burks v. Equity Gp.-Eufaula Div., LLC, 571 F.Supp.2d 1235, 1247 (M.D.Ala. 2008) (holding that § 203(o) did not apply to donning and doffing during unpaid meal/rest breaks). Section 203(o) also does not apply to sanitizing or walking time. Nonetheless, the magistrate judge recommended granting summary judgment on all of plaintiffs' FLSA claims based on § 203(o). The plaintiffs failed to object to this aspect of the Report and Recommendation and, thus, plaintiffs have forfeited any claims to mid-day donning and doffing, sanitizing, and walking time. See United States v. 2121 E. 30th St., Tulsa, Okla., 73 F.3d 1057, 1060 (10th Cir.1996) ([A] party's objections to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation must be both timely and specific to preserve an issue for de novo review by the district court or for appellate review.).