U.S. Supreme Court Rules Post-Shift Security Screenings Are Not Compensable

In a highly-anticipated employment law case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that time spent by employees who undergo employer-required post-shift security screenings is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. vs. Busk, the employer, Integrity Staffing Solutions ("Integrity"), required its hourly warehouse employees, whose job was to retrieve products from warehouse shelves and package them for delivery to Amazon.com customers, to undergo security screenings prior to leaving the workplace at the end of their shifts.  Integrity implemented the security screenings to prevent employee theft.  Several former employees sued Integrity, claiming that the time spent undergoing the post-shift security screenings, which lasted approximately twenty-five (25) minutes each day, was compensable under the FLSA.