SAN FRANCISCO — Plaintiffs attorneys want to stall an employment class action filed last year against Apple Inc. in the Northern District of California until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether hourly workers must be compensated for work-related security screenings.

The lawyers, who seek to represent thousands of Apple retail workers, contend the tech giant stiffed employees by not paying wages for time spent waiting in bag check lines after they clocked out. For named plaintiff Amanda Frlekin, a full-time Apple employee working in Los Angeles until 2013, those bag checks added up to $1,500 in unpaid hours and overtime, according to the complaint.

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