Amazon is failing to provide adequate workplace accommodations for disabled employees, a violation of the American Disabilities Act (ADA), according to labor activists.
Amazon is failing to provide adequate workplace accommodations for disabled employees, a violation of the American Disabilities Act , according to labor activists.
She added,"There are far too many injuries happening at Amazon because of the company policies in regards to hitting certain rate quotas...that we have to process a certain amount of products or packages per day in order to avoid some kind of disciplinary action or write-up." Allegations of unsafe working conditions have long dogged Amazon's warehouses, with federal regulators
Lanita Hammons, a former Amazon employee from Little Rock, Arkansas, said in the call that she suffered multiple physical health issues and asked if she could take a break to sit in a chair occasionally throughout the day due to her pain. Her doctor recommended that Hammons use a walker during work. "I felt like I was being targeted because I needed accommodations," Hammons said.
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