Revealed: Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from Technology | The Guardian on (#53585)
California workers say the company is pressuring sick employees to show up - and flouting a California law meant to protect them from Covid-19
Amazon workers in southern California's industrial heartland say the company's policies are forcing sick employees to work and that warehouses are refusing to comply with a state paid sick leave law meant to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks.
In the Inland Empire region outside Los Angeles, Amazon workers told the Guardian they fear losing their jobs if they are ill and stay home. At least four Amazon warehouses in the region have recorded Covid-19 cases.
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