Battery Maker Seeks Rehearing After 3rd Circuit Rules On Back Pay In DOL Case

( February 5, 2025, 9:56 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania battery manufacturer filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc after a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that it must pay its workers for the true time they spend completing tasks and not the time the employer determines is “reasonable” and bears the burden of proving that such time is de minimis when using that defense....