White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake

TL;DR

American burger-slinging giant White Castle is almost certainly regretting its decisions about employee monitoring after the Illinois Supreme Court Friday issued an opinion opening the fast "food" corp up to potentially billions in fines. In court, White Castle argued that it was only on the hook for the first instance in which it collected its workers' fingerprints, and not for every instance of an employee swiping their finger to sign in for work or access records. "The court also suggested that the state legislature should review the law to determine if changes should be made with regard to potentially excessive damage awards

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