( Culkin v. Glenn L. Martin, Nebraska Co., 97 F. Supp. 661 (D.Neb. 1951), aff'd 197 F.2d 981 (C.A. 8, 1952), cert. denied 344 U.S. 888, 73 S.Ct. 183, 97 L.Ed. 687 (1952); Thompson v. Stock Sons, Inc., 93 F. Supp. 213 (E.D.Mich. 1950), aff'd 194 F.2d 493 (C.A. 6, 1952); Biggs v. Joshua Hendy Corp., 183 F.2d 515 (C.A. 9, 1950), 187 F.2d 447 (C.A. 9, 1951); Walling v. Dunbar Transfer Storage Co., 3 W.H. Cases 284; 7 Labor Cases para. 61.565 (W.D.Tenn. 1943); Lofton v. Seneca Coal and Coke Co., 2 W.H. Cases 669; 6 Labor Cases para. 61,271 (N.D.Okla.
For example, an office employee who is required to eat at his desk or a factory worker who is required to be at his machine is working while eating. (Culkin v. Glenn L. Martin, Nebraska Co., 97 F. Supp. 661 (D.Neb. 1951), aff'd 197 F.2d 981 (C.A.8, 1952), cert. denied 344 U.S. 888 [866] [ 73 S.Ct. 108, 97 L.Ed. 671] (1952); Thompson v. Stock Sons, Inc., 93 F. Supp. 213 (E.D.Mich. 1950), aff'd 194 F.2d 493 (C.A.6, 1952); Biggs v. Joshua Hendy Corp., 183 F.2d 515 (C.A.9, 1950), 187 F.2d 447 (C.A.9, 1951); Walling v. Dunbar Transfer Storage Co., 3 W.H. Cases 284; 7 Labor Cases para. 61.565 (W.D.Tenn. 1943); Lofton v. Seneca Coal and Coke Co., 2 W.H. Cases 669; 6 Labor Cases para. 61,271 (N.D.Okla.
For example, an office employee who is required to eat at his desk or a factory worker who is required to be at his machine is working while eating. (Culkin v. Glenn L. Martin, Nebraska Co., 97 F. Supp. 661 (D.Neb. 1951), aff'd 197 F.2d 981 (C.A.8, 1952), cert. denied 344 U.S. 866 [ 73 S.Ct. 108, 97 L.Ed. 671] (1952) rehearing denied 344 U.S. 888 [ 73 S.Ct. 183, 97 L.Ed. 687] (1952); Thompson v. [F.W.] Stock Sons, Inc., 93 F. Supp. 213 (E.D.Mich. 1950), aff'd 194 F.2d 493 (C.A.6, 1952); Biggs v. Joshua Hendy Corp., 183 F.2d 515 (C.A.9, 1950), 187 F.2d 447 (C.A.9, 1951); Walling v. Dunbar Transfer and Storage Co., 3 W.H. Cases 234; 7 Labor Cases para. 61,565 (W.D.Tenn. 1943); Lofton v. Seneca Coal and Coke Co., 2 W.H. Cases 669; 6 Labor Cases para. 61,271 (N.D.Okla 1942); aff'd 136 F.2d 359 (C.A.10, 1943); cert. denied 320 U.S. 772 [ 64 S.Ct. 77, 88 L.Ed. 462] (1943); Mitchell v. Tampa Cigar Co., 36 Labor Cases para. 65,198, 14 W.H. Cases 38 (S.D.Fla. 1959); Douglass v. Hurwitz Co., 145 F. Supp. 29, 13 W.H. Cases (E.D.Pa. 1956))
They had no regular sleeping period, and, indeed, could expect none. They were completely under Superior's direction whenever they were on the job site, even though they were permitted during periods when they were not needed to sleep or to eat a meal. See, e.g., General Electric Co. v. Porter, 9 Cir. 1953, 208 F.2d 805; and Biggs v. Joshua Hendy Corp., 9 Cir. 1950, 183 F.2d 515, opinion supplemented, 187 F.2d 447. Customers paid Superior for all employee time spent on the job site, so both Superior and its customers must have considered this to be work time. Hence it appears to be proper to apply the Administrator's interpretation here.