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Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit (www.tomshardware.com)

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Bank of America is facing a proposed class and collective action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to pay hundreds of hourly workers for time spent booting their computers, logging in, and launching required software before officially starting their shifts.

The complaint, filed by former employee Tava Martin, focuses on a routine familiar to many in the modern workplace: unlocking encrypted drives, signing in through multi-factor authentication, connecting to a VPN, and launching business-critical applications. According to the filing, these tasks could take up to 30 minutes each day and were required before employees could access the company’s timekeeping system to clock in.

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

Company I worked for had a similar process, so every morning I opened the email template saved for the very purpose of having my starting time corrected. They did that without fail or complaint, but never changed the system. I guess many people just donated their time to the company.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Bizarre that the computers don’t boot up unattended.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Why? They can't bilk their employees that way, and would cost money to implement.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Ikr. My workstation has a bootup calendar if I wanted it automatic.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they still have to punch-in like prior centuries? the 4 different employers i had last 17 years just require me to type in my time

[–] cm0002@futurology.today 12 points 2 days ago

Well, you see, your prior employers made the UNFORGIVABLE sin of treating employees like adults. They'll be out of business here in 2 seconds because their employees are going to bleed them dry!!!! TIME THEFT!! ~BoFA