Nov 16, 2021
Amazon to pay $500,000 over concealed Covid cases
Amazon has reached a legal settlement in California over claims it failed to adequately inform its warehouse workers about Covid-19 cases in the workplace. The legislation requires firms to notify workers promptly of potential Covid exposures at their work sites, to tell them about pandemic-related protections, benefits, disinfection and safety plans, and to report cases to local health agencies. "As the company enjoyed booming and historic sales with its stock price doubling, Amazon failed to adequately notify warehouse workers and local health agencies of Covid case numbers, often leaving them unable to effectively track the spread of the virus," California's attorney general Rob Bonta said. The ruling applies only to California, where Amazon employs around 150,000 workers, and must still be approved by a judge. Amazon said there was no change required to the way it notified its workers if they had been in close contact with a Covid case.
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