February 21, 2023
Amazon.com and a staffing company have agreed to pay $7.2 million to settle litigation claiming they should have paid workers for their time spent in security screenings at a number of warehouses in Pennsylvania, a deal that comes after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighed in on the issue.
August 30, 2018
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling denying Amazon warehouse workers pay under federal wage law for time spent undergoing security checks blocks such claims under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, a Kentucky federal judge ruled Thursday in a decision tossing part of a multidistrict litigation against the e-commerce giant.
June 23, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. urged a Kentucky federal court Tuesday to dismiss claims in a multidistrict litigation alleging the company's warehouse workers deserve pay for time spent passing through security checks, saying workers cannot get paid for walking out of work.
May 31, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers on Friday urged a Kentucky federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over whether the employees deserve pay for time spent passing through security checks not to toss their case, saying they engaged in compensable work.