State court rules that time spent going through post-shift security screenings is compensable (PennLive)

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled today that workers must be paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings, PennLive.com reported. The issue arose in a lawsuit brought by workers, including contingent workers, at an Amazon.com warehouse in the state where workers must wait to undergo security screenings at the end of their shifts. The decision in Pennsylvania comes even after another lawsuit in 2014 when the US Supreme Court had ruled that employees do not have to be paid while waiting for security screenings. However, today’s ruling related to whether mandatory security screening is compensable as “hours worked” within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. The 2014 US Supreme Court case involved the Federal Labor Standards Act.