According to the latest filing, four Staten Island warehouse workers have tested positive since mid-September.
"We have reinstated a portion of our process where a fraction of employees, less than 5% on average, may receive coaching for improvement as a result of extreme outliers in performance,"If you have information to share, you can email the author at aakhtar@businessinsider.com.Amazon workers said the company's rush to complete Prime Day orders caused it to bypass COVID-19 safety measures.
An employee at a Staten Island warehouse, who is already suing the company over unsafe work conditions, told a New York judge that the company reinstated a policy that allows managers to reprimand employees if they took time to sanitize workstations and wash hands.According to the latest court filing from plaintiff Derrick Palmer, four Staten Island warehouse workers have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-September.
Amazon tracks how productive warehouse workers are by giving them only a certain amount of "time off task" before they get penalized.
Rachael Lighty, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company reinstated the process to "coach" less than 5% of workers who are extreme outliers due to poor performance. Lighty said the company still gives additional time for employees to wash their hands and clean, and has invested "millions of dollars to provide a safe workspace."
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