美國一企業規定員工如廁須打卡遭到處罰

A Pennsylvania company that publishes business newsletters will pay about $1.75 million to thousands of employees who had to clock out while going on short breaks, including for the bathroom.

美國賓夕法尼亞州一家公司日前被判賠償數千名員工共175萬美元，因爲這家公司要求員工在上廁所等個人工休時間必須打卡。

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a federal judge has given the U.S. Department of Labor and the American Future Systems Inc., until Thursday to submit proposals on managing payment.

據費城詢問報報道，聯邦法官要求美國勞工部和美國未來系統公司週二前提出支付這筆款項的提案。

The company had argued that it wasn't required to pay employees for short breaks.

美國未來系統公司曾辯稱並未規定必須支付員工短息期間的薪水。

The bill includes back pay and damages to 6,000 employees at call centers located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio used a timekeeping system that was associated with logging on and off their computers between 2009 and 2013.

根據判決，這家公司將向2009年7月至2013年7月之間在賓夕法尼亞、新澤西、俄亥俄的辦公室工作的6000名員工支付欠薪和賠償金。

The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in 2012 claiming the company violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because employees weren't earning minimum wage when the company required them to clock out for breaks.

勞工部2012年提出訴訟，指控美國未來系統公司違反聯邦公平勞動基準法，因爲公司要求員工休息時間打卡且不支薪，導致員工薪資未達基本工資。

The company issued the written policy in July 2009, saying that workers could take breaks "at any time" but those breaks wouldn't be paid.

2009年7月該公司曾出臺明文規定，員工可以在"任何時間"享有工間個人休息時間，但這段時間公司不付薪水。