This brief asks the Connecticut Supreme Court to hold that employee time spent in security screens is noncompensable under Connecticut’s wage laws. The issue comes before the court as a certified question from the Second Circuit asking (1) Whether under Connecticut’s wage laws and regulations, employees must be compensated for the time spent going through mandatory security screenings at their place of employment; and (2) If the answer is yes, whether a de minimis exception applies and if so, what amount of time is considered de minimis.
The brief argues that this time is not compensable under a plain reading of Connecticut and federal wage laws, or in the alternative, falls within the de minimis exception, allowing insignificant and insubstantial amounts of work time to be uncompensated.