First Roberts court rulings unanimous [View All]

[Bill McBlueState]

It pisses me off that three times on the page, this gets presented as a "defeat for business." "Victory for people" would be more accurate. (Although I must admit, I don't really get the second decision, based on the limited info here.)

From cnn.com:

First Roberts court rulings unanimous

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that companies must pay plant workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and walk to their work stations.

The issue was one of two that justices settled in a pair of unanimous decisions, the first rulings under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts in the new fall term. Roberts did not write either one.

In a defeat for business, the court said that while employers aren't required to pay workers for time spent changing clothes, they must pay for the donning of "integral" gear and the time it takes workers to then walk to the production area.

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In a second ruling, the justices said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should reconsider whether federal officials can be sued for negligence over an accident in an Arizona copper mine.

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full story http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/scotus.workers.ap/index.html">here