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Note this is in California. At the US, level, 5 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Amazon did not have to pay its workers for the time spent waiting for sc
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
Note this is in California. At the US, level, 5 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Amazon did not have to pay its workers for the time spent waiting for screening.
Excerpt from the NY Times article about that decision:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that a temp agency was not required to pay workers at Amazon warehouses for the time they spent waiting to go through a security screening at the end of the day. The workers say the process, meant to prevent theft, can take as long as 25 minutes.
NY Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/business/supreme-court-rules-against-worker-pay-for-security-screenings.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/business/supreme-court-ru...
Non-paywalled version of above article
http://archive.is/Az21a http://archive.is/Az21a
EDIT: Added excerpt from the article about the US Supreme Court decision.
- egypturnash 7y agough, one more reason to add to the pile of reasons to not give my money to Amazon.
- kelnos 7y agoOr Apple, I guess? It's not like Apple is any better; they're only now going to do the right thing because a judge is telling them to do so.
- jkaplowitz 7y agoAnd probably 9nly in California, too.
- mzs 7y agomore context >…The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case is now pending, asked the California Supreme Court to clarify whether state law requires compensation. … >A federal district court judge ruled in favor of Apple, deciding that workers had to prove they not only were restrained from leaving but that there was no way to avoid having personal items searched. >Apple said it could prohibit employees from bringing any bags or personal Apple devices into its stores altogether but gave them that benefit. The California Supreme Court said a ban on any personal items would be “draconian.”
- sjwright 7y agoThe sad thing is, this could all be solved with Apple providing their employees lockers located outside of the security perimeter.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago> Apple said it could prohibit employees from bringing any bags or personal Apple devices into its stores altogether but gave them that benefit. What if you have asthma and need to keep an inhaler? Or one of the numerous other medical conditions that also necessitate keeping an item on hand.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoThe ADA obviously requires them to make accommodations.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoYeah, so what I was wondering is, if you have asthma do you get paid for the time you spend waiting to be searched?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoThey’re going to search your inhaler?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoYou'll need to bring the inhaler in a bag of some kind, which Apple will want to search.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoYou could put it in a pocket.
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