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October 14, 2020 08:09 pm

Amazon Workers Say Prime Day Rush Breaks Virus Safety Vows

Amazon.com has recklessly reinstated dangerous warehouse productivity quotas despite telling a judge that it was suspending them during the pandemic, workers said in a court filing. From a report: "Amazon has not been honest and forthcoming," employees at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, told the judge handling their lawsuit, which claims the company's "oppressive and dangerous" policies violated public-nuisance laws and exacerbated Covid-19 hazards. While Amazon says worker safety is its top priority, employees at several facilities in different states claim their well-being takes a back seat to quickly shipping customers' orders. In July, Amazon provided the court a message it had sent to employees and posted in bathrooms at the Staten Island facility, telling them they wouldn't be disciplined for falling short of the company's quotas for how many tasks they complete each hour. Workers were also assured that time spent on safety measures like washing their hands wouldn't be counted against them under Amazon's "Time Off Task" policy, which restricts the number of unproductive minutes allowed in their day. The company also submitted a statement by a U.S. human resources director that the more permissive policy dated back to March, when due to Covid-19 the company "ceased providing productivity rate feedback to associates and imposing any discipline related to low productivity rates."

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