On April 19, 2021, Steffans Legal, along with Sommers Schwartz P.C., filed a wage-and-hour class action in the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of hourly employees of Cresco Labs, claiming that Cresco failed to pay its hourly employees for time spent donning and doffing protective equipment. The claims were filed on behalf of employees in Massachusetts, Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Wage-and-hour laws require employers to pay hourly employees for all hours worked. Those same laws require those employers to pay hourly employees 1.5x for overtime hours (those worked over 40 in a workweek). ‘Hours worked’ oftentimes includes time employees spend putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) protective equipment. Many employers require hourly employees to don and doff off the clock. Under many circumstances, that practice violates state and federal wage-and-hour laws. You can read more about donning-and-doffing requirements here.

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