IN RE AMAZON.COM, INC.

No. 43 EAP 2019.

255 A.3d 191 (2021)

IN RE: AMAZON.COM, INC., Fulfillment Center Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Wage and Hour Litigation. Neal Heimbach; Karen Salasky, Appellants v. Amazon.Com, Inc.; Amazon.Com.DEDC, LLC; Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter David Winebrake, Esq. , Winebrake & Santillo, LLC, Dresher, for Appellants.

Irwin William Aronson, Esq. Willig, Williams & Davidson, Harrisburg, Krysten Leigh Connon, Esq. , Camille Rodriguez, Esq. , Sarah Rebecca Schalman-Bergen, Esq. , Philadelphia, Michaela L. Walin, Esq. , Berger Montague PC, Catherine Ruckelshaus, Esq. , M. Patricia Smith, Esq. , National Employment Law Project, for Appellants Amici Curiae Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Community Legal Services, National Employment Law Project, National Employment Lawyers Association, Western Pennsylvania Employment Lawyers Association, NELA-Eastern PA, Justice At Work, Towards Justice.

John Bartley DeLone, Esq. , Harrisburg, Nancy Anne Walker, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Sarah Bryan Fask, Esq. , Jay Andrew Inman, Esq. , Martha Jane Keon, Esq. , Littler Mendelson, Philadelphia, for Appellee Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc.

Michael E. Kenneally, Esq. , Richard G. Rosenblatt, Esq. , David B. Salmons, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, for Appellees Amazon.Com, Inc., Amazon.Com.DEDC, LLC.

Samantha D. Hardy, Esq. , Karin D. Vogel, Esq. , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, for Appellee Amicus Curiae National Retail Federation and Pennsylvania Retailers Association.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

We answer herein two certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: (1) whether time spent on an employer's premises waiting to undergo, and undergoing, mandatory security screening is compensable as "hours worked" within the meaning of

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