Managers allegedly refused recommended changes.
The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon for failing to accommodate reasonable changes requested by workers who were pregnant or disabled, according toEven in cases where the company agreed that workers should be accommodated, the complaint alleges that managers would still force them to do work they shouldn’t be doing. According to one example listed, a pregnant worker filed a request to avoid strenuous activity, specifically lifting boxes over 25 pounds.
Still, Amazon has successfully fended off similar claims before. In 2021, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James sued Amazon, claiming it didn’t keep its warehouse workers sufficiently safe during the pandemic. Earlier this month, the suit was
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