September 14, 2026
Amazon urged a Nevada federal judge to let the Ninth Circuit weigh in on whether workers must be paid for time spent undergoing preshift COVID-19 screenings, arguing courts are split over whether the screenings are sufficiently tied to warehouse work to warrant pay.
October 30, 2025
Nevada wage and hour laws don't incorporate the Fair Labor Standards Act's exceptions addressing whether preshift work is compensable, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case by a former Amazon fulfillment center associate alleging the e-commerce giant failed to pay workers for time spent in coronavirus screenings.