Amazon employees were unable to find success on appeal for claims that they were not compensated for time spent in the company’s security screenings, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the screenings were not “integral and indispensable” to the employees’ principal work activities.
In an opinion issued March 10, the appeals court affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon’s judgment on the pleadings in favor of Amazon in a class action alleging that the company’s failure to pay employees before and after work shifts and during off-premises meal breaks violated Oregon’s wage-and-hour laws.
