The California Supreme Court recently came to a unanimous decision that an employer must compensate his/her employees for the time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, the obligated exit searches of packages, bags, or personal technology devices.The Court made it clear that this time is compensable since the employees are under the employer’s governance, and the searches done are for the employer’s benefit. The Court came to this conclusion putting into place the California law, and the same result would not inevitably be reached under the FLSA.As an employee, as per this decision, you need...
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