Amazon is Paying $8.6 Million to Workers to Settle a Decade-Long Lawsuit Over not Paying Them for Time Spent Searching Their Bags
“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last week that Amazon must pay warehouse workers for their time spent in mandatory security checks after each shift. Amazon will pay a total of $13.5 million in the settlement, ending a legal battle that has lasted over 10 years,” reports Hannah Towey in Business Insider.
“The highest payout claimed by an Amazon employee thus far is $5,760. Amazon and its lawyers argued that employees are only paid for their labor to pack boxes, but not to stand at a security checkpoint, which does not involve labor or toil.”