Multiple Amazon warehouse workers have reportedly complained that the company has given them 60 percent or less of the sick pay they were promised due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon warehouse workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have alleged that the company is failing to pay them for the sick leave they were promised.
"We do not feel safe in our building anymore," a worker at an Indiana facility who asked to remain anonymous told the outlet."And the pay we do get if we test positive is only 60 percent of our pay. Amazon is not taking care of us."Amazon spokesperson Kristen Kish did not comment on reports that workers were being shortchanged, but insisted that all workers who had been"diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine" would receive up to two weeks pay.
The company is"continually revisiting policies" during the pandemic, Kish said, and other measures intended to contain the spread of the virus at company facilities were also said to be in place. Amazon workers at a New York City facility held a walkout and protest of the company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 30, 2020.Temperature checks have been used to screen people in many settings, but medical experts have warned that the virus can be easily spread from infected people who do not have fevers or show any other symptoms.
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