High Court Denies Writ Challenging ‘Integral’ Activities Measurement Ruling

( November 10, 2025, 12:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a Pennsylvania battery manufacturer asking for review of the proper measurement for time spent performing “‘integral and indispensable’” activities and to consider overruling Steiner v. Mitchell, thus affirming a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s order requiring the company to pay its workers for the time they actually spent completing tasks rather than the time the employer determined was “reasonable.”...