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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by dwohnitmok on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:38AM (#21182125)
As usual, when involving a Supreme Court case, I'd recommend reading the case directly as they are usually eminently readable. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-433_5h26.pdf

It was a unanimous decision here, because the Portal-to-Portal Act (the 1947 law referenced) has pretty consistently been interpreted both by regulatory bodies and courts in the intervening 70+ years to explicitly exclude such activities from the FLSA. If you want to change this, you definitely need to go to Congress with this.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by gbronner on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:51PM (#21185219)
Looks like there were several precedents and regulatory opinions here covering this exact issue, and the 9th Circuit disagreed with them. SC reversed the 9th circuit to maintain consistency.

Want change? Get Congress to change the law, because the law, as written now, permits this.

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