July 11, 2023
Amazon has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing it of sending out health care notices to departing employees that violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to a notice filed in Florida federal court Tuesday, a week before a trial was set to begin in the case.
April 03, 2023
Amazon told a Florida federal court that it would prove at trial that the notices it issues to outgoing employees of their rights to buy continuing health coverage under federal law are neither confusing nor intimidating.
March 22, 2023
A Florida federal judge on Monday adopted a magistrate judge's report recommending that Amazon face some claims in a former employee's proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully sending threatening notices to departing employees about continuing with their health benefits.
January 23, 2023
A federal judge said a former Amazon worker's suit claiming the retail giant illegally sent threatening notices to departing workers about continuing their health benefits should be allowed to proceed, though she agreed with the company that the case should be narrowed.
November 09, 2022
Amazon argued in Miami federal court Wednesday that a proposed class action suit over a warning in a mandated notice to employees about continuing health insurance after departing their jobs should be dismissed because the warning is necessary to deter fraud.
October 28, 2022
Ex-Amazon workers accusing the company of sending threatening notices to deter them from enrolling in continuing health care coverage asked a Florida federal judge to certify their proposed class of almost 677,000 members, saying their claims are similar enough.
October 14, 2022
A proposed class of former Amazon workers alleging that the company sent threatening benefit notices to discourage them from signing up for continuing health coverage told a Florida federal court that a ruling this week in another COBRA case bolstered their own lawsuit.
July 15, 2022
A former Amazon employee suing over allegations that the online retail giant sent out benefit notices with threatening language to discourage ex-workers from signing up for continuing health coverage is urging a Florida federal court to reject the company's motion to dismiss the case.
April 14, 2022
Amazon told a Florida federal court that a proposed class action accusing the company of including misleading and threatening language in benefits notices should be tossed, calling an ex-worker's claim that people were discouraged from continuing health coverage because of the notices "utterly implausible."
February 28, 2022
A former Amazon employee sued the company in Florida federal court, accusing the e-commerce giant of including "threatening language" in benefits notices to discourage ex-employees from seeking continuing health care coverage.