October 30, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday refused to nix a complaint filed by Amazon workers over unpaid time undergoing mandatory post-shift security screenings before they could leave the premises, while declining to certify the proposed class, finding not all workers were subject to uniform security screenings across different facilities.
March 25, 2024
Amazon urged a New Jersey federal court to dismiss claims that it illegally withheld pay for time spent in mandatory security screenings, arguing that the undisputed facts establish that those screenings were not mandatory at all.
January 12, 2022
Amazon has slammed workers' attempts to secure class certification of overtime wage claims, telling a New Jersey federal judge that it gave employees multiple options to avoid time-consuming security screening and temperature check lines.
November 15, 2021
An Amazon warehouse worker urged a New Jersey federal court to advance her proposed class action alleging that the online retail giant fails to pay workers for time spent on security screenings and COVID-19 temperature checks, saying she is representative of potentially thousands of workers facing the same unlawful policy.
March 18, 2021
Amazon workers can tack on a new claim demanding pay for pre-shift COVID-19 screenings to a proposed class action, a New Jersey federal judge ruled after determining that the new claim is valid and merits discovery.
June 29, 2020
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday said Amazon must face a proposed class action for allegedly violating a state law by not paying workers for time spent on mandatory security screenings after their shifts, even though the online retail giant avoided a related claim over compensation for meal breaks.