Apple pays 200 million!Nine -year lawsuit, finally judged

Lear reporter Wang Jialin

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In 2013, Apple was reported to court by employees for searching for anti -theft after get off work. Nine years later, the case officially reached a settlement: On August 15, local time, a judge of California approved the settlement agreement. According to the agreement, Apple compensated 1,4683 California employees for a total of 30.5 million US dollars (about 200 million yuan), with an average of US $ 1328 compensation.

In fact, this 9 -year lawsuit was "tug -of -war": In 2015, a California judge rejected the collective lawsuit of the employee, but the employee subsequently appealed; in 2020, the California Supreme Court ruled that Apple should give employees correspondingly compensation.

It is worth mentioning that companies that have been sued by employees due to compulsory safety inspections after get off work are Wal -Mart and Amazon. According to Reuters, in 2021 Amazon and a labor agent agreed to compensate 42,000 warehouse workers a total of $ 8.7 million.

9 years "tug -of -war"

Employees are finally compensated

The lawsuit began in 2013.

In 2013, two California employees filed a lawsuit against Apple, and then the lawsuit was expanded into a collective lawsuit of employees. These employees believe that they have to line up for 10-15 minutes every day after get off work, and then they can leave the store, and the process of waiting for security checks is "unpaid".

For hours, if you accumulate your salary after get off work after work, you correspond to about $ 1,500 each year. After being litigated by employees, Apple no longer searches for employees before get off work.

This lawsuit can be regarded as a "tug -of -war". In 2015, a California judge quoted similar cases and rejected the collective lawsuit of employees, but the employees later appealed.

In 2020, the Supreme Court of California ruled that Apple should give employees corresponding compensation.

On August 15, 2022, the case finally reached a settlement. According to the agreement, Apple compensated 1,4683 California employees for a total of 30.5 million US dollars (about 200 million yuan), with an average of US $ 1328 compensation.

California: Mandatory security inspection needs to be "paid"

In fact, in addition to Apple, companies such as Wal -Mart and Amazon have also faced similar causes.

According to Reuters, in 2021, Amazon and a labor agent agreed to compensate 42,000 warehouse workers a total of $ 8.7 million. It is worth noting that the case is similar to the Apple case. At first the lawsuit of the employee was rejected by the court, and the compensation was obtained after appeal.

The Supreme Court of California believes that employees should be "paid" when facing compulsory security such as theft. The court believes that "it is impractical to require employees to work without personal items."

Edit: Xiao Mo

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