Tag: Amazon

June 20, 2024

The Labor Commissioner’s Office of California has ordered Amazon to pay almost $6 million in fines due to its violation of the Warehouse Quotas law, which was enacted in 2021, involving two of its distribution warehouses in Moreno Valley and […]

February 23, 2024

In recent months, the tech industry has faced a significant upheaval, marked by a series of high-profile layoffs from leading companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, and Amazon. These layoffs, affecting thousands of skilled professionals, have not only unsettled the tech […]

October 3, 2023

Once an organization becomes successful, the good times should roll in. But that’s not always the case, as once-stable brands like Sears, Kodak and Blockbuster can attest. Such success can also harden a company into stasis and conformity, to the […]

July 12, 2023

COBRA allows workers to continue to receive health benefits for a limited time after experiencing a qualifying event at their company, such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours, job transition, death, divorce and other life events. […]

May 30, 2023

The contracts guarantee six weeks’ leave in the summer, and two weeks off at both Easter and Christmas, without affecting other benefits they receive, including private medical insurance and life assurance. Amazon piloted the contracts at three sites following employee […]

April 12, 2023

We hear a lot about the tug of war between organizations and employees when it comes to the future of widespread remote work in the post-COVID world. But that narrative hides the fact that employees themselves aren’t a monolith when […]

March 8, 2023

Amazon has successfully defended itself against a lawsuit brought by a group of its employees who sought reimbursement for internet expenses incurred while working from home during the pandemic. The proposed class-action lawsuit, which was filed by a California-based engineer […]

November 14, 2022

Two of the biggest companies in the world dominate what have traditionally been very different segments of the retail market. Walmart is the archetypal big box retailer with thousands of stores covering tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands […]

May 24, 2022

Against the backdrop of a new presidential administration, an evolving workforce, and a changing economy brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the landscape for union organizing has radically changed over the past two years. While the nation’s attention is currently […]

May 17, 2022

USERRA establishes certain rights and benefits for employees in civilian jobs who serve, have served or will serve in the U.S. armed forces, National Guard or Reserves, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations. Generally, the statute prohibits […]

April 29, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a hazard alert letter to Amazon for the Dec. 10, 2021 incident that left six workers dead. On that day, the workers were killed when a series […]

April 11, 2022

Nearly halfway through a six-year training investment commitment announced in 2019, Amazon’s external communications have been increasingly devoted to Career Choice. This year, the company announced a partnership with 140 national and local academic institutions and expanded training in areas […]

November 12, 2021

Amazon is a massive organization. The online retailer is the largest internet company in the world, by revenue, and one of the world’s most valuable companies. With nearly one million U.S. workers, it’s also the second largest private employer in […]

July 23, 2021

Amazon will investigate allegations of discrimination and harassment within its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit, following an employee petition that criticized AWS’s culture, The Washington Post reported. More than 550 Amazon workers signed the petition, which calls out AWS for […]

April 5, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined that Amazon retaliated against two activist employees when it fired them in April of last year, as first reported by The New York Times. The determination is part of the board’s ongoing […]

April 9, 2020

When the question first arises, do you have to pay your employees for the time it takes to take their temperature, my HR brain kicks in and screams, “you can’t take their temperature at all! It’s an illegal medical exam!” […]

April 1, 2020

It’s been clear for weeks that Amazon faces an unprecedented challenge in coping with the fallout from COVID-19. With tens of millions of Americans now dependent on online delivery for their food, medicine, and other essential items, the nation’s No. […]

December 13, 2019

Historically low unemployment rates have proven to be a challenge for businesses on multiple, related fronts. For one, low unemployment simply means there are fewer people out there actively looking for jobs, making recruitment difficult. On top of that, even […]

November 26, 2019

A new investigation has claimed that Amazon attempted to dodge workplace safety regulators for years up until 2015. The investigation, which lead to a joint report published in The Atlantic and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting is well […]

September 11, 2019

Amazon has been cited by some as being a leader in funding hourly employees’ training and development.​ Frank Britt, CEO of online learning provider Penn Foster, previously told HR Dive that Amazon’s skills training of employees in its retail store, […]