A few months ago we told you that some employees of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), had filed a lawsuit against the company due to the records that the security guards carried out in their purses, bags, backpacks, etc. when they left their job at the end of the day or on the occasion of a break. These employees claimed a compensation for lost time During those searches, however, now the justice has not admitted this lawsuit.
No compensation for records
District Judge William Alsup has rejected the lawsuit that had been filed against Apple by several employees of its physical stores regarding the policy of carrying out mandatory security logs of personal bags when they left the store at the end of their working day or on stipulated breaks without any compensation from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. This class action lawsuit included thousands of employees of the Apple Store in the State of California.
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A federal judge in San Francisco's ruling on Saturday frees the company from having to compensate at least 12.400 former and current employees at 52 stores across the state with a couple of dollars a day for time spent in a six-month period. years [on the occasion of searches of] their bags and devices at lunch breaks and after their shifts. A law professor who reviewed the documents presented in the case estimates that Apple may have had to pay up to $ 60 million, in addition to the penalties., Has published Bloomberg.
In his ruling, Judge Alsup stated that employees could have avoided searches, as some did, by not bringing personal bags to work.
The plaintiffs' attorney has stated that they are weighing their next steps, so they could appeal the judge's decision.
SOURCE | MacRumors
