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California Supreme Court Holds that Employees Must Be Paid for Time Driving Through and To Security Checkpoints

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California employers who require employees to pass through a security checkpoint or swipe a security badge before exiting their worksites but after clocking out could potentially face significant liability for violating...more

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Employers Must Pay for Certain Pre-Shift Activities

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In Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, No. S275431 (March 25, 2024), the California Supreme Court issued an important decision relating to whether California employers must pay non-exempt employees for certain pre-shift...more

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How Much Time To Budget For Getting Through Security?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: An unpublished Ninth Circuit opinion has held that an employer need not pay employees for time spent undergoing government-required security checks en route to their worksite within the Los Angeles...more

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Employees Win Latest California Bag Check Case – But Court Leaves One Final Cliffhanger On The Compensability Of Closing Tasks

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The long-fought bag-check battle against Apple is coming to an end, and the employee class just won a major victory in California when a federal court of appeals ruled that the company must pay its workers for the time spent...more

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Sound The Alarm: What California’s Latest Bag Check Case Means for You

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In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court just held that the time spent by employees waiting for and undergoing security checks of bags and other personal items is compensable time under California law, even when...more

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California Supreme Court: Time Spent During Exit Searches is Compensable

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The California Supreme Court has handed down yet another decision broadening the scope of what is considered compensable work time under California's Wage Orders. In Frlekin v. Apple Inc., No. S243805, the state high court...more

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Nike Prevails On Bag Check Case

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent court decision credited Nike’s time and motion study showing employees spent mere seconds of time in off-the-clock bag checks, finding the checks to be too trivial and difficult to capture to...more

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Time Spent In Post-Shift Security Checks Once Again Held Not Compensable

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If you have Amazon Prime, you get free delivery in two business days. If you want to pay extra (whether Amazon Prime or not), you can get your order the next day. So how long does it take for Amazon to get rid of a case the...more

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Apple Bags a Big Win: District Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Class in Employee Bag Check Litigation

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In a welcome decision for retailers, a federal district court in California, after granting the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment against the class, holding the time that...more

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4 Key Lessons from Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk

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While helpful to some employers, Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk does not fundamentally change the law of compensable working time. On December 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision...more

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Supreme Court Rules Security Screenings Are Not "Integral and Indispensable" to Principal Activities and Thus Not Compensable

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the time workers spend waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

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