The article talks about Amazon Warehouse workers wanting to be paid extra for waiting in lines as they pass through security checkpoints after their shifts. The issue arouse after the 1947 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Acts that articulates that workers need to get paid for activities related to work, questioning whether the activity is “integral or indispensable”. The activity can be seen as integral, and therefore does not owe workers money, as the it is not directly related to their job. This is a particularly difficult decision to make and could potentially cost Amazon millions of dollars in the additional wages. This could hurt Amazon’s profit margin greatly as a much greater amount of revenue is spent on the additional wages given to workers. This is a question of determining the value of older rulers.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-02/security-checks-paid-as-work-supreme-court-will-decide#r=most%20popular