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  1. December 02, 2022

    Amazon Workers Drop Newly Revived COVID Safety Suit

    Amazon workers in Staten Island voluntarily dropped claims Friday that the e-commerce giant's COVID-19 safety protocols violated state law, less than two months after the Second Circuit reversed their suit's dismissal.

  2. October 18, 2022

    2nd Circ. Revives Challenge To Amazon's COVID Policies

    A group of Amazon workers in Staten Island may seek an order forcing the company to revamp its COVID-19 safety practices under state law, but not on the basis that the alleged safety lapses posed a "public nuisance," a Second Circuit panel said in a Tuesday decision partially reviving the lawsuit.

  3. November 24, 2020

    Amazon Workers Turn To 2nd Circ. In COVID-19 Safety Suit

    Workers at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse are taking their suit, which seeks to make the e-commerce giant increase COVID-19 protections, to the Second Circuit with their appeal of an order tossing the case, according to a Tuesday filing.

  4. November 02, 2020

    NY Judge Shoots Down COVID-19 Safety Suit Against Amazon

    A New York federal judge has denied workers at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse a court order forcing the e-commerce giant to boost COVID-19 protections, defanging a novel suit alleging the company's pandemic policies amount to a "public nuisance."

  5. October 19, 2020

    Amazon Defends Productivity Policies As 'Unremarkable'

    Amazon hit back at claims that it's forcing workers to forgo hand-washing and other pandemic precautions by reinstating work quotas, telling a New York federal judge overseeing a workplace safety suit that it's engaged in the "unremarkable practice of setting goals for employee productivity."

  6. October 14, 2020

    Amazon Prematurely Ended Virus Safety Plan, Workers Say

    Amazon has revived policies tracking worker productivity that it previously said it had suspended as a precaution against COVID-19, according to a letter filed in New York federal court Wednesday by an attorney for a group of Staten Island warehouse workers suing for better virus protections.

  7. September 04, 2020

    Employment Suits To Watch 6 Months Into The Pandemic

    The pandemic has brought with it a wave of novel employment litigation, including lawsuits accusing businesses of not adequately protecting workers, denying disability accommodations and failing to notify workers before laying them off. Here, Law360 looks at six coronavirus-related employment suits to watch.

  8. August 26, 2020

    Amazon Workers Bash OSHA Remedy In Virus Safety Fight

    Amazon workers claiming the e-commerce company's Staten Island warehouse conditions pose a COVID-19 risk blasted their employer's recent suggestion that they take their concerns to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, saying the agency is riding out the pandemic on the "sidelines."

  9. August 12, 2020

    Amazon Says Virus Safety Claims Are OSHA's Domain

    Amazon workers who filed a suit claiming the company's Staten Island warehouse conditions pose a COVID-19 risk should take their complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the e-commerce behemoth told a New York federal judge.

  10. July 21, 2020

    Amazon Workers Suing Over Virus May Have To Turn To OSHA

    A Brooklyn federal judge said Tuesday he is "not entirely comfortable" with assessing health and safety conditions at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, telling counsel for the workers seeking COVID-19 protections that they may have to turn to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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