Charter has 230 infected employees after resisting work-at-home requests

Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle. (credit: Charter)

More than 230 Charter employees have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least two have died, The New York Times reported today.

New York Attorney General Letitia James' office has opened an inquiry into Charter's labor practices and management of employees during the pandemic, a spokesperson for James confirmed to Ars today.

Charter has faced numerous complaints from employees about the company's refusal to let them work from home during the pandemic. The cable company partially backed away from its strict rules on March 20, saying it would let up to 40 percent of call-center employees do remote work. But Charter's slow reaction to the pandemic-while the similarly situated Comcast moved aggressively to get employees into work-at-home situations-may have contributed to the spread of coronavirus in the company.

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