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The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a unanimous decision that security screenings after the work day, regardless of the amount of time they take to perform, do not qualify for remuneration. The decision focuses on the Portal-To-Portal Act of 1947 which defines a workday that specifically excludes those activities "incidental" to an employee's primary responsibilities.
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SCOTUS Finds in Favor of Amazon, No Pay for Mandatory Security Screenings
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(Score: 2) by tynin on Thursday December 11 2014, @03:44PM
If it had gone the other way, I'd be asking my job to start paying my travel time to and from work. Get an extra ~5 hours of pay a week, or be at work 5 hours less. It would be nice.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday December 11 2014, @03:50PM
One positive if such a change occurred: Employers would really start seeing telecommuting as a bargain.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 11 2014, @04:09PM
You jest, but it isn't unheard of for someone to be suddenly told they have to work in $city for the next project/week/month/indeterminate without being paid for accomodation, time travelled or transport, even if it suddenly means an additional hour or two commute. By any measure of fairness that is a business expense.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday December 11 2014, @04:26PM
The company provides a number of 2.5m^2 dwellings in the basement for your convenience. If you do not wish to rent said dwelling, the travel times to your dwelling of choice are clearly your own voluntary expenditure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 11 2014, @06:03PM
In Manhattan? I take it.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday December 11 2014, @07:28PM
Bargain price, only 60% of your salary. Sign here quick, I have four more people coming to take a look at it this afternoon.
Thank you, a pleasure doing business with you. Oh, and did I mention that there are showers and toilets available behind the boiler for only an additional 30% of your salary? Plus there's the cafeteria meal plan available for the bargain price of 40% of your salary. Do enjoy, you're going to be working here for a long, long time...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 11 2014, @06:27PM
That wouldn't fly because your travel is not mandatory for the job. You could camp out the sidewalk in front of the building.
But, having worked at some very large sites like Boeing in Everett, I can say that sometimes the parking lots are so far from the entrance to the building that the travel time from the official parking lot to the entrance can run 10+ minutes. I would say that those travel minutes ought to be paid because they are effectively imposed by the employer and are not de minimus.
(Score: 1) by Lukehasnoname on Thursday December 11 2014, @10:21PM
You don't have to drive that far to work. You could choose to live across the street.