TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 9, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that warehouse workers who fill orders for retail giant Amazon are not entitled to pay for time spent complying with security checks at the end of their shifts. At the heart of the case was whether the time employees spent waiting in line and going through the security check was related to their primary job duties. In saying it was not, the justices reversed a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which had said the screenings should be compensated because they were performed for the employer’s benefit and were integral to the workers’ jobs. WTVC-TV NewsChannel 9 has the AP story.