(Vice) The call for an investigation follows findings that Amazon could be illegally punishing and terminating employees for taking legally protected time off.
They say Amazon’s ‘no fault’ attendance policy, one that punishes workers regardless of the reason for their absence, appears to have taken effect in October 2021, and could be violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
“Amazon’s troubling attendance policy negatively impacts hundreds of thousands of Amazon workers and is also part of a larger corporate trend, making DOL and EEOC enforcement all the more important,” the report’s authors wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The Department of Labor enforces FMLA laws in the United States, while the EEOC oversees the ADA.
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