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December 22, 2022 06:54 pm

New NY state law takes aim at warehouse work quotas like the ones Amazon uses




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Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which protects warehouse distribution workers from undisclosed or unlawful work speed quotas. In addition to protecting warehouse workers from unreasonably demanding work quotas, the law will require distribution centers to inform workers of their performance and rights in the workplace.



While the law doesn’t target Amazon specifically, its authors say it was designed to address the management practices and quotas that the e-commerce giant places on its employees, which has often been criticized for the dehumanizing expectations placed on its warehouse workers.


The WWPA follows a similar law that was passed in California last September (AB-701)...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23522594/new-york-state-law-amazon-warehouse-quotas-workers-labor-union

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