Amazon on Monday began publicly defending its safety record at a hearing in Washington state that follows more than a decade of complaints about workplace conditions across the country.
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Amazon CEO to Focus on Workers’ Safety Amid Criticism
Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy has stated that the e-commerce behemoth wants to improve worker safety at its warehouses and fulfillment centers, as the company faces intense scrutiny over employee working conditions. In his first shareholder letter as CEO of Amazon, Jassy, who succeeded founder Jeff Bezos last year, stated that the company is… Continue reading Amazon CEO to Focus on Workers’ Safety Amid Criticism
Employers Favoring Lower-Cost, Easier-to-Implement Interventions Over COVID-19 Testing
From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard both their businesses and their employees. Mass testing, a critical tool to stem the virus’s spread, would… Continue reading Employers Favoring Lower-Cost, Easier-to-Implement Interventions Over COVID-19 Testing
Court Backs Trump Administration on Virus Safety at Work
The Trump administration does not have to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from the coronavirus, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declared that the Labor Department’s workplace safety arm reasonably determined that… Continue reading Court Backs Trump Administration on Virus Safety at Work