Sandifer v$.$ U$.$S$.$ Steel Corp., why did the employer claim it didn't have to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing their safety gear? They had agreed with the employees in the collective bargaining agreement that they wouldn't be compensated for such time. The donning and doffing was not a job requirement and therefore was noncompensable. The employees waived their rights to be compensated by filing a lawsuit against the company The Fair Labor Standards Act did not require them to compensate for such time $.$