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It's Not Chicken Feed
Delaware Law Weekly
October 10, 2001
A federal wage and hour lawsuit against Perdue Farms Inc. exposes the well-known chicken process to $60 million in potential liability for allegedly underpaying its employees. The suit arose out of the chicken processor's demands that the employees don, doff and clean various items of safety equipment on their own time at processing plants, even though work rules require that equipment.
Nine plaintiffs filed suit against the large chicken processor in December 1999, seeking damages for the uncompensated time under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. Plaintiffs also claimed damages under the Employment Retirement Income and Security Act for the company's failure to contribute to a supplemental retirement plan.