Apple Agrees to Pay Workers $30 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Bag Check Policy
“Apple has agreed to pay out $30 million to settle a lawsuit from employees who say they were forced to face security bag checks off the clock. This comes after over 8 years of back and forth in the case, which was first filed by employees against Apple in 2013. Apple discontinued the controversial bag,” reports Chance Miller in 9 to 5 Mac.
“This has been a long-running case for Apple. Apple retail workers filed the class-action suit against Apple in 2013, saying that they were required to submit to search before leaving for the day, including searches of their bags, purses, backpacks, brief cases, and personal Apple devices. In the lawsuit, employees said they would sometimes.”
