An Illinois federal district court denied motions to dismiss by Sentech Services, Inc. and UPS Mail Innovations, Inc. on wage and retaliatory discharge claims under state law brought by temporary warehouse workers, finding pre-shift waiting and security screening time compensable because the Illinois Minimum Wage Law doesn’t incorporate federal Portal-to-Portal Act exclusions, and that the workers plausibly alleged retaliation for complaining about wage violations.
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