May 06, 2024
Amazon employees assured a California federal court that their $5.5 million proposed class action deal is fit for approval, giving additional information on the terms and saying the company backed ending the lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of failing to pay for time spent undergoing COVID screenings before shifts.
February 20, 2024
A group of California Amazon warehouse workers asked a federal judge to approve a $5.5 million settlement resolving a proposed collective action accusing the e-commerce giant of failing to pay workers for time they spent undergoing pre-shift COVID-19 screenings, saying it will provide them with all their alleged unpaid wages.
August 23, 2023
Amazon and a group of workers accusing the e-commerce giant of illegally forcing them to undergo COVID-19 health screenings without pay told a California federal court they had agreed to settle the case.
May 01, 2023
Workers accusing Amazon of illegally compelling them to submit to COVID-19 screenings without pay urged a California federal court not to permit immediate appellate review of a denied dismissal motion, arguing that the court's order was legally sound and that an appeal would waste time.
December 20, 2022
Challenges to U.S. Department of Labor minimum wage regulations and questions about whether employers must pay for time workers spend in preshift COVID-19 screenings took a prominent role in the past year of wage and hour litigation. Here, Law360 revisits five major wage and hour decisions that made a significant impact.
April 12, 2022
Amazon and a group of workers asked a California federal judge to pause a suit alleging the company owes employees pay for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings, arguing that the stay would conserve the court's resources pending an upcoming mediation session that could resolve the suit.
March 14, 2022
Wage and hour litigation connected to the coronavirus pandemic is still in full swing, including suits over whether workers should be paid to undergo health screenings. Here are five cases to watch as that issue plays out in the courts.
March 14, 2022
A group of Amazon workers have survived an attempt by the online retail giant to dismiss their suit filed in California federal court, alleging their employer owes them wages for the time it took to pass through COVID-19 screenings before clocking in for their shifts.
June 07, 2021
Amazon wants a California federal judge to toss a proposed class and collective action alleging that the company did not pay its employees for the COVID-19 screenings they were required to take before their shifts, saying the claims are "meritless" as the screenings were not work-related.