Legal Research

A Half-Hour to Boot? Even Vista’s Not That Slow

The National Law Journal reports on a spate of lawsuits being filed by hourly workers against their employers over time spent booting their computers.  The article quotes Las Vegas solo lawyer Mark Thierman, who has filed of few of these suits himself:

“‘These are hourly employees who are not making much more than minimum wage,’ Thierman said.  ‘There’s a good half-hour a day that they’re not being paid for.  It adds up.’”

Puh-leeze.  I know Windows Vista (like my wife) takes a while to get going in the morning.  But no way does it take 30 minutes to boot up and/or shut down.

Link via TaxProf Blog, via Lifehacker.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on November 20, 2008 (boomark / email).