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Apple Retailer Facing Class Action Suit Over Employee Bag Checks

Posted by Unknown on from the unpaid-labor dept.

aitikin writes "Former Apple employees say the company requires workers to stand around without pay for up to 30 minutes a day while waiting for managers to search their bags for stolen merchandise." The filing. It looks pretty illegal: mandatory unpaid checks of personal belongings before and after work and all breaks.

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  1. Apple is just an Electronics Company by tuppe666 · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the third story in a week, of Apple being an abusive employer, whether you are a top engineer, overworked factory worker, or minimum wage shop assistant. colour me surprised that the Apple treat profits over people.

    The bottom line is Apples profits are down! again, its margins are shrinking, its sales are plummeting, its market share is down, its technical edge none existent are they really not seeing that moving manufacturing abroad, becoming a purely (arrogant with out substance) design(sic) company, paying literally zero tax.

    Ironically I noticed in Harris Poll EquiTrend has Apple as coming out top for Brand of the Year distinctions in three categories - Computer, Tablet and Mobile Phone. All I could think is how irreparably damaged Apples old Techno Hippy Brand has been, and how actual Apples sales numbers reflect that.

    This is Apples sales numbers http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q3fy13datasum.pdf and hoe they comparing at IDC (its only smartophones but Apple is becoming a one product company..the iphone) http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24239313/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24239313 The numbers speak for themselves.

    Apple is not newsworthy