A California man is suing Amazon. The ex-warehouse worker said the tech behemoth fired him after denying his request for time off to mourn his parents' deaths.
An Amazon fulfillment center in San Diego. The tech and logistics behemoth is one of the country's largest employers and most valuable firms.Amazon fired a California warehouse worker after he requested a few days of bereavement leave in the wake of his father's and mother's deaths, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Kern County.
The complaint, which was obtained by SFGATE Wednesday, states that Brock had worked as a picker in Amazon’s Bakersfield warehouse for around 14 months before his mother passed away in late January. He asked for and received four days of bereavement leave.
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