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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: 1) by forkazoo on Friday December 12 2014, @02:12AM
Yeah, if somebody pays me to stick around, then I'll do my job. If not, I'll leave. If they stop paying me but won't let me leave, then that's kidnapping or false imprisonment or something along those lines. It also provides Amazon with a artehr amazing incentive to just not bother to have the security people be there sometimes. If you can't leave until security gets here, you may as well just get a head start on tomorrow's work to kill the time, even though you clocked out...
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday December 12 2014, @08:51PM
What the summary said was that you had to stand in line. That makes it a bit hard to do tomorrows work today.
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