9th Circuit Affirms Ruling That Amazon Meal Screening Time Is Not Compensable

Mealey's (March 13, 2023, 11:15 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Time Amazon workers spend submitting to mandatory security screening when leaving the premises for meal breaks is not compensable under Oregon law, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 10 in a wage-and-hour putative class complaint following a ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court that state wage-and-hour law “mirrors” federal law....