雇主必须为工人提供工作前和后的费用, 例如健康检查. Illinois Supreme Court rules employers must pay workers for mandatory pre- and post-shift tasks like health screenings.

伊利诺伊州最高法院裁定雇主必须根据州法律,为工人补偿工作前和后的强制性活动,如健康检查,拒绝联邦豁免. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that employers must compensate workers for mandatory pre- and post-shift activities, such as health screenings, under state law, rejecting federal exemptions. 根据伊利诺伊州1971年最低工资法,该决定发现该州没有采用公平劳动标准法案的排除在初步或后期工作之外. The decision, based on Illinois' 1971 Minimum Wage Law, found the state does not adopt the Fair Labor Standards Act’s exclusions for preliminary or postliminary work. 这起案件源于两名前亚马逊员工在不支付薪酬的班次之前进行了1015分钟COVID-19检查. The case stemmed from a lawsuit by two former Amazon employees who performed 10–15 minute COVID-19 screenings before shifts without pay. 虽然联邦法院使用FLSA豁免驳回了类似的索赔,但伊利诺伊州最高法院认为该州法律没有包括这些排除在内,并且伊利諾伊州劳工部定义"工作时间",包括雇主场所所需的时间. While federal courts dismissed similar claims using FLSA exemptions, the Illinois Supreme Court held that state law, as written, does not include those exclusions and that the Illinois Department of Labor defines “hours worked” to include time required on employer premises. 该裁决一致通过，一名大法官回避，意味着伊利诺伊州雇主现在可能面临此类任务的薪酬义务，等待第七巡回上诉法院的进一步行动或可能的立法变更。 The ruling, unanimous with one justice recused, means Illinois employers may now face pay obligations for such tasks, pending further action by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals or potential legislative changes.