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Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Aug. 17, 2017

9th Circuit sends bag search wait time claim to state Supreme Court

The state Supreme Court will decide whether time spent waiting for store managers to search employees’ bags counts as “workable hours” under California law, following a question by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.

The state Supreme Court will decide whether time spent waiting for store managers to search employees’ bags counts as “workable hours” under California law, following a question by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.

Punting a wage-and-hour suit, the 9th Circuit asked California’s high court Wednesday to decide: “Is time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required exit searches of packages or bags ...

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