US Supeme Court rules workers need not be paid for security screening time
Time：2014-12-26
Browse：120
Justice Clarence Thomas on behalf of the court wrote that the screening process was not a principal activity" of the workers` jobs under a law called the Fair Labour Standards Act and therefore is not subject to compensation, Reuters reported.
For workers to be paid, the activity in question must be an intrinsic element" of the job and one with which the employee cannot dispense if he is to perform his principal activities," Justice Thomas wrote.
The Supreme Court reversed an April 2013 ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which had found that the screenings were an integral part of the warehousing job done for the benefit of the employer and should be compensated.
Employees had sued Integrity Staffing Solutions for back wages and overtime pay, saying they should have been paid for the time spent going through security screenings.