Apple Bags a Big Win: District Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Class in Employee Bag Check Litigation

In a welcome decision for retailers, a federal district court in California, after granting the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment against the class, holding the time that store employees spent waiting for and undergoing security bag checks when leaving the stores was not compensable time under the California Labor Code because the employees could avoid the bag checks by not bringing a bag to work.

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