Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 5, 2019
State Supreme Court hears argument in Apple Store employee bag check case
Plaintiffs say they should be compensated for time spent undergoing the retailer’s anti-theft security checks before and after shifts.
A lawyer representing a class of more than 12,000 Apple Store employees urged the state Supreme Court to consider the time they spend undergoing bag checks compensable under state wage order law during oral arguments Wednesday.
Kimberly A. Kralowec of Kralowec Law PC in San Francisco said the time was compensable under Wage Order 7 of the Industrial Welfare Commission, which defines "hours worked" as "the time during which an emplo...
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