Amazon Worker Seeks Rehearing After 9th Circuit Rules On Meal Screening Time

Mealey's (March 29, 2023, 10:37 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals “erroneously disregard[ed]” an interpretation of Oregon’s meal period rule by the Oregon Supreme Court in a 2019 opinion, an Amazon worker argues in a petition for rehearing after an appellate panel determined that time spent submitting to mandatory security screening when leaving Amazon premises for meal breaks is not compensable under Oregon law....