Supreme Court Decides That End-Of-Shift Anti-Theft Employee Screenings Are Not Compensable Work Time Under The FLSA
The U.S. Supreme Court has held unanimously that hourly-paid employees don’t have to be paid for the time that they spend passing through after-work security screenings, reversing a Ninth Circuit ruling in favor of former employees of an Amazon.com warehouse against a staffing agency. The Court handed a victory to employers over employee pay, ruling…
Federal Appeals Court Protects Rights Of Lactating Employees In The Workplace
In a precedent-setting decision that should be of interest all private sector employers, a federal appeals court has ruled that discharging a female employee because she is lactating or expressing breast milk in the workplace constitutes sex discrimination in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), on behalf of employee Donnicia…
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