The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday decided that the time Apple employees spend waiting to be searched when they leave Apple’s retail stores constitutes “hours worked” for purposes of California’s minimum wage law.

The case has a long history. In 2013, five Apple employees working at Apple retail stores, filed suit and requested their action to be given class action status. The complaint alleged that Apple’s security policy was to require individuals who carried bags — including purses, backpacks and briefcases — out of the store, to have the bag searched before exiting.

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Joe Dworetzky is a second career journalist. He practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 35 years, representing private and governmental clients in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. Joe served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell and from 2009 to 2013 was one of five members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission with responsibility for managing the city’s 250 public schools. He moved to San Francisco in 2011 and began writing fiction and pursuing a lifelong interest in editorial cartooning. Joe earned a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University in 2020. He covers Legal Affairs and writes long form Investigative stories. His occasional cartooning can be seen in Bay Area Sketchbook. Joe encourages readers to email him story ideas and leads at joe.dworetzky@baycitynews.com.