{"id":90219,"date":"1999-12-31T00:52:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/apple-workers-win-battle-in-work-conditions-fight\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:52:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:52:00","slug":"apple-workers-win-battle-in-work-conditions-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/apple-workers-win-battle-in-work-conditions-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Workers Win Battle In Work Conditions Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is once again having to defend their employment reputation in a battle that could expose the work conditions of thousands who work for a Company that has over $200 Billion in the bank and pays minimum tax in Australia.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">Apple store workers have won a fight to join together in their bid for more money, claiming they should be paid for time spent in &#8220;demoralizing&#8221; security searches when they leave work each day.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The battle to get better working conditions and higher pay has fought out in n California Courts.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The ruling that more than 12,000 workers from over 50 stores can sue as a class may put the world&#8217;s most valuable technology company on trial over its treatment of a staff known for almost cult-like loyalty.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">A San Francisco federal judge overnight ruled that the issue for a jury to decide is whether the workers must be compensated for time spent having their bags searched for stolen merchandise when they left work.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333330154419px;\">The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that workers don&#8217;t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches. 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