Amazon Ends COVID Paid Leave For U.S. Workers
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Giant online retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will end its paid
time-off policy for employees with COVID-19 from May 2, the company
told U.S.-based staff on Saturday, Trend repots citing Reuters .
The change follows the availability of COVID-19 vaccines and
revised guidance from the U.S. Centers for disease Control and
Prevention, it said.
The U.S.-based staff will now get five days of excused, unpaid
leave following a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, Amazon told workers
in a message it provided to Reuters.
'We can continue to safely adjust to our pre-COVID policies,'
the company said, citing the sustained easing of the pandemic, the
availability of vaccines and treatments, and updated public health
guidance.
The changes come amid a stream of challenges for Amazon after a
recent effort to unionize some warehouses. In April, workers at its
warehouse in New York City voted to form the first union.
On Saturday, Amazon said it is halting site-wide notifications
of positive cases in facilities, unless required by law, as well as
efforts to encourage vaccination.
In January, Amazon trimmed paid leave for workers with the virus
to one week, or up to 40 hours. Before that, they got two weeks of
paid time off for COVID-19.
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