Compensatory vacation for time required to get dressed

Excerpts from a story at The Telegraph:

Martin Schauder, 44, calculated to the second how long it took to don his regulation undershirt, trousers, thruncheon-holding belt, handcuffs, weapon and gas canister, overshirt, tunic, boots, protective kneepads (when on riot control), hat and gloves.

He claimed it took 15 minutes each morning outside his paid shift hours to get dressed, and 15 minutes at the end of each shift to undress, which a Münster administrative court agreed constituted overtime.

The officer in the north-west German city had argued with his superiors for months, demanding either getting a pay rise or time off in lieu for what he said amounted to 45 hours of his time he was giving to his employers each year. They refused on both counts, saying it was part of his duties as a policeman.

So he took the force to the city's administrative court - and won...

More at the link.  I swear there are days when I think the whole world is going crazy.  

Via Arbroath.

A hat tip to Pete for pointing out that "donning and doffing compensation" is a big deal in this country as well.  I never knew that.  But it's confirmed here, and in a boatload of other web resources.   Now I'm even more bummed out...