Bank of America has a lawsuit that’s been thrown at them, and it’s something many of us can identify with. You get to work, boot your computer, and it jumps through the various hoops like signing in, installing patch files, and loading applications. The bank decided that you didn’t start work until you loaded a program to clock-in for the start of the day. You were also for shutting your computer down after clocking out. The problem is that the US Dept of Labor made a requirement that computer start-up tasks are due compensation, as part of a worker’s first principal activities of the day. There were reports of problems with technical systems, lunch breaks, and other stall points that might mean someone would be sitting around for long periods of time, when actually available to work. The lawsuit could impact a large group of workers, but it all depends on if they could perform other work, when they actually started getting paid, and so forth.
Lawsuit alleges hourly workers weren’t paid for computer start-up tasks required before clocking in.
Source: Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit
