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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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DOL Issues Guidance Regarding Travel Time Compensability for Nonexempt Foremen and Laborers

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an opinion letter, FLSA 2020-16, considering whether the travel time of foremen and laborers is compensable in three different scenarios. The DOL makes clear that, for some...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Bag Checks for Apple Employees Not Compensable Time

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Apple Inc. recently convinced a California federal district court to dismiss a certified class action alleging that Apple had a legal duty to pay store workers for time spent on bag checks at the end of shifts....more

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FLSA: Changes Continue to Affect Employers

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This past year has brought major changes to the laws affecting wage and hour issues. The Department of Labor has been particularly active this year putting out its first Administrator’s Interpretation regarding independent...more

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One-Time Anomaly Or Potential Turning Of The Tides? A Review Of The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 Term

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In a marked departure from the overwhelming success employers experienced before the Supreme Court in recent years, the less successful recently wrapped 2014-2015 term could be an indication that the judicial tides may be...more

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A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2014 - 2015 Term

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During the United States Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 term, the Court departed from the pro-business reputation it had developed in labor and employment cases. This term, employees prevailed more often than not, including in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary, May 2015 - Volume 27, Issue 5

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In This Issue: - SECURITY SCREENINGS: WORKERS MAY HAVE TO WAIT BUT THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE PAID UNDER THE FLSA - New German law on gender quotas for executive positions in private companies enters into force -...more

Morgan Lewis

Security Screening Time in the Wake of Busk - Retail did you know?

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Dear Retail Clients and Friends, In 2014, employees across the United States filed dozens of lawsuits under both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act) and state law alleging that they and the classes of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The United States Supreme Court Clarifies Boundaries of Compensable Time Under FLSA

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employees be paid for all work and receive overtime pay for work that is part of the employee’s “principal activities” beyond 40 hours a week. However, the FLSA also states...more

Maynard Nexsen

To pay or not to pay? Court holds employer is not obligated to pay for attendance at mandatory treatment program

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Although most employers are aware that an employee’s time spent working is generally compensable, the question of what actually constitutes compensable “working time” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is an area...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Time Spent In Mandatory Security Screening at the End of a Workday Is Not Compensable

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The United States Supreme Court issued an interesting decision last month on whether employees who are required to undergo security screening after their work was done should be paid for that time. The Supreme Court found in...more

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Time Spent By Warehouse Workers In Security Screening Is Not Compensable Under Fair Labor Standards Act

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The employer in this case, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., provides staffing to Amazon.com throughout the United States. Plaintiffs Jesse Busk and Laurie Castro worked as hourly employees retrieving and packaging products...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - January 2015

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U.S. Supreme Court: Security Screenings Not Compensable - Why it matters: In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that the time spent by...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Time Spent in Employer-Mandated Security Checks Held Non-Compensable: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions,...

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In a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, a unanimous court held that time spent by employees in mandatory security checks after work is not compensable, unless the screenings are "integral and indispensable" to the principal...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Waiting for and Undergoing Security Checks Not Compensable Time

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The United States Supreme Court recently held in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk et al. that time spent waiting for and undergoing post-shift security checks is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Fenwick Employment Brief - January 2015

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Waiting for and Undergoing Security Checks Not Compensable Time - The United States Supreme Court recently held in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk et al. that time spent waiting for and undergoing post-shift...more

Nossaman LLP

Did You Know…Security Time Is Not Compensable Time

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In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, the United States Supreme Court addressed whether an employee is “working” when undergoing a security screening because he or she is required to do so by the employer. In a...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument On Compensability Of Time Spent By Employees Undergoing Post-Shift Security Checks

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In Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument recently in a class action case regarding whether employees assigned by their employer to work at an Amazon warehouse must be...more

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Employment Flash - December 2014

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In This Issue: - Supreme Court Rejects Security Screening Time Pay - NLRB Finalizes Union Election Rule - NLRB Reverses Employers’ Ability To Ban Employee Nonwork Email Use - EEOC Challenges Employer...more

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U.S. Supreme Court: Antitheft Security Screening Not Part of the Job for FLSA Compensation Purposes

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Employers across the country are breathing a sigh of relief following the December 9, 2014 unanimous ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that time spent by warehouse workers waiting for and undergoing antitheft security...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Time Spent Undergoing Mandatory Security Screenings is Not Compensable Under the FLSA

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In a decision that will certainly benefit employers facing claims of pre-shift and post-shift off-the-clock work, on December 9, 2014, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that employees’ time spent waiting to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

4 Key Lessons from Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk

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While helpful to some employers, Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk does not fundamentally change the law of compensable working time. On December 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Supreme Court rules employees not entitled to pay for time spent in security screenings

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently found that warehouse employees were not entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act for time spent waiting to pass through anti-theft security screenings after their shifts...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That Security Screening Time is Not Compensable Under FLSA

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that an employer was not required to pay its non-exempt employees for time spent waiting to go through security screenings at the end of the workday. In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc....more

Blank Rome LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Post-Shift Employee Security Screenings are Not Compensable Under the FLSA

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On December 9, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk holding that employees' time spent waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings is not...more

Baker Donelson

Are Postliminary Activities No Longer Compensable after the Supreme Court's Decision this Week?

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In a unanimous decision on December 9, 2014, the United States Supreme Court held that the time employees spent waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings post-shift (approximately 25 minutes each day) is not...more

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