这不是美国科技巨头第一次因未支付安全检查费用而上法庭了。在2013年的一起诉讼中，
The United States Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week that AmazonTheir warehouse workers must be compensated for the time spent on mandatory safety checks after each shift, totaling more than $13 million to settle a 10-year lawsuit.
Amazon and its lawyers have argued that "employees can only be paid for their work, that is, packing boxes, rather than standing at security checkpoints, which does not involve labor or hard work." But the court rejected this argument, ruling that under Pennsylvania law, "working hours" included waiting for or receiving Amazon's daily baggage check.
However, the more than 42000 employees involved in the case can only share the $8.67 million settlement paid by Amazon because their lawyers will receive $4.5 million in fees.
This is not the first time an American tech giant has gone to court for failing to pay for security checks. In a lawsuit in 2013, AppleEmployees at retail stores say they each lose $1500 a year as a result of baggage checks. Apple store employees told CEO Tim Cook that Apple stores treated "valuable employees as criminals" and that baggage checks were "embarrassing and humiliating".
