The lawsuit was filed way back in 2013.
Apple’s long-running legal battle in California over off-the-clock bag searches of its employees is nearly done. While the final approval hearing isn’t until July, the tech giant has outlined the terms of the $29.9 million settlement it reached and made documents relating to the case available to claimants (and everyone else) on its legal website. Everything from the original class action lawsuit to settlement notices to various sorts of class members is included in the list of papers. It also contains instructions on how to contact the settlement administrator.
A group Apple employees sued the company in 2013 for not paying them for the time it took to check their bags during their shifts or when they’re leaving for work, which took between five to 20 minutes. They claimed Apple was violating California law by doing so. Apple said bag checks were necessary to ensure workers weren’t leaving with stolen goods or trade secrets and tried to argue in court that those who didn’t like the policy could simply not bring their bags or their iPhones to work. The company stopped searching employees’ bags in 2015.
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While a district court originally tossed the lawsuit, it went to the California Supreme Court on appeal, wherein the judge sided with the plaintiffs. As previously revealed in a court filing, the lawsuit covers 14,683 workers in 52 Apple Stores in California who were subjected to bag checks from July 25th, 2009 until August 10th, 2015. They’ll each get $1,286 from the settlement amount.
