Once again, a federal court has taken up the question of whether employers have to pay workers for their time spent putting on and taking off safety gear. In this case, the employer has lost the initial round in court.

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Tags: donning and doffing, Fair Labor Standards Act, PPE

A federal appeals court says Oklahoma’s law allowing employees to have guns at work in their locked vehicles isn’t pre-empted by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act.

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Tags: federal court, firearms in the workplace, guns at work