Getting Dressed For Work Could Get You Overtime Pay
How long does it take you to get dressed in the morning? Well, if it’s a Monday, you could be spending as much as 76 minutes getting ready. Multiply that by 5, and well, shouldn’t you be compensated for it? After all, almost every job requires some attendance to your personal appearance.
Martin Schauder, a German police officer, believes that the time it takes for him to put on his uniform should be considered time in the workplace. His shirt, pants, specialty belt, handcuffs, gun and gas canister, overshirt, jacket, boots, kneepads, hat, and gloves take what he estimates 15 minutes to put on and 15 to take off — each day. And according to him, that’s 30 minutes overtime.
Schauder demanded his employer pay up or grant him extended vacation time for the 30 minutes of “work” he was not getting paid for. When that didn’t work, he went to the administrative court. Judging on his actions, we think he’d be great friends with Sian Williams, the British TV personality who tried to get a tax rebate on her wardrobe.
Fearful his case would lead others to file similar complaints, the court conceded, and Schauder won his vacation time. But only time will tell what these leads others to do. Doctors, judges, waitresses — will they all get compensated for the time it takes them to get dressed in the morning? And while we’re on the subject, we here at Styleite believe fashion editors wear a uniform of sorts. Does the time we take to put on our six inch heels [Ed Note: Speak for yourself!] and apply our favorite red lipstick get to result in overtime as well?
We, probably more than most, understand the importance of putting together an outfit — even if that outfit is predetermined by your job description. But asking for overtime to throw on a pair of jeans? That seems like a pants, even to us.
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