Apple Must Pay Workers for Time Undergoing Exit Searches (2)

Apple Inc. must pay its employees for time they spend undergoing mandatory anti-theft searches at the end of their shifts, a federal appeals court said.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the decision Wednesday after the California Supreme Court ruled in February that Apple violated state law by not compensating workers for that security-check time. The appeals court had asked the state high court to weigh in on the issue three years ago.

The case could cost Apple millions, as the federal judge certified a 12,400-member class in 2015. The company’s market capitalization stood at nearly ...