A California judge approved Apple’s $30.5 million settlement with its retail store employees in the state over a lawsuit that sought compensation for time spent on mandatory bag checks.
The lawsuit applies to 14,683 current and former hourly employees that worked at California’s Apple stores between July 2009 and December 2015, according to multiple reports.
Legal action was first taken by two former employees in 2013 that argued the bag checks were compensable under state law.
Those checks were conducted at the end of employees’ shifts and could take up to 30 to 45 minutes. Those who refused to be checked risked being fired, per the lawsuit.