Judge Dismisses Apple Employee Lawsuit Over Wages Lost Due to Bag Searches

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Posted December 31, 2014 at 1:14am by iClarified

A U.S. District Court Judge William Alsop has dismissed the class action lawsuit filed against Apple over wages lost due to bag searches at retail stores.

The original suit claimed that Apple's anti-theft policy and bag search policies at retail stores can cause employees to wait 15 minutes every time they clock out to leave for a lunch break or at the end of a shift -- resulting in over $1,500 of unpaid wages each year per employee.

A similar case involving Amazon hit the Supreme Court earlier this year and the court sided with Amazon, claiming that bag searches were not "integral and indispensable" to their jobs; therefore, Amazon was not responsible for paying employees for time spent standing in security lines.

Judge William Alsop based his ruling on the Supreme court case and ultimately dismissed two class action lawsuits facing Apple.

Do you think employees should be paid for waiting in line as they are screened for stolen merchandise?

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Judge Dismisses Apple Employee Lawsuit Over Wages Lost Due to Bag Searches

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King Rollo - December 31, 2014 at 11:34pm

Arron is right at the end of the day if you don't like it leave.. If you are the type of person to complain about the a 10-15 mins security search (which lets be honest that time is massively overhyped) then you should bother getting up in tr morning...

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Arron is right at the end of the day if you don't like it leave..

Jaisen - December 31, 2014 at 7:21pm

At my job if they want you to stay for any reason for longer than 5 mind we get paid. If they need you for anything after your shift ends it's not unreasonable to expect to be paid for your time.

zetaprime - December 31, 2014 at 2:20am

If it's required as a condition of the job then the workers are entitled to compensation. Corporate greed knows no limits.

Aaron 30 - December 31, 2014 at 2:24am

It's not about corporate greed. Who held a gun to their head and forced them to take the job?

zetaprime - December 31, 2014 at 3:12am

And why can't the CEO and other execs manage with smaller yachts and pay their employees for their time?

John - December 31, 2014 at 1:56am

Hell yeah. The bag search should take place before they reach the time clock.

Tejwant Sandhu - December 31, 2014 at 1:28am

They should be paid because it is part of their job. This thing is for corporate benefit not employees so if they(corporate) save money by checking employees then they should have no problem by paying them.

Aaron 30 - December 31, 2014 at 3:02am

You have a designated 30 minute break. Your break is from 1230 till 1 o'clock. Are you back at your post at 1 o'clock, or is that the time you begin walking the five minutes it takes to get from the cafeteria? If you don't like the job, don't accept it. It's not like they found this out the first day on the job.

Jim1066 - December 31, 2014 at 3:56am

I'm thinking now that my company should be paying me for driving to and from work........

FlyingDf - December 31, 2014 at 4:04am

And also for the time spent getting ready for work before you enter your vehicle. And...let's see...oh oh, i know. For having to get rested before all that. And, well you see where this is going.

The Judge - December 31, 2014 at 5:03am

I actually get compensated/Paid when I drive for work. Policies are created for individual companies and if you don't like it, don't take the job. Corporate pays employees by miles they have to use their vehicles to get meet with prospect and customers. It's wear and tear compensations. Walking or security requirements is not one of them. Working in the same place on a daily basis does not require companies to pay compensation.

Aaron 30 - December 31, 2014 at 4:45pm

I never went through security checks, those happen at the retail stores like the article described. In addition, you can always choose whether you want to work at a job with security checks or not. Simply don't take the job.