Amazon on Monday reached an agreement with a California lawyer over a case that hid hidden Covid-19 case numbers from its security staff.
The company agreed to notify storage staff within one day of Covid’s new issues, as well as to provide an appropriate number of cases in their workplaces, the employee said. California State Rob Bonta in a statement. Amazon has hired tens of thousands of security personnel in the region, he said.
Under the agreement, approved by the court, Amazon will notify health officials within 48 hours of Covid charges and pay $ 500 court costs. California consumer rules, Bonta said.
Amazon spokeswoman Barbara Agrait says there is no charge or accusation of problems with company rules informing employees that Covid could be compromised.
“We are pleased to resolve this and see that the AG has not yet identified the key issues with the security of our operations,” Agrait said in a statement.
The decision comes after California passed a January Covid employment law as part of Bill Bill 685, or “right to know” law. The rules require businesses to disclose Covid information to employees within one business day, among other things.
During the riots, Bonta said Amazon had not yet warned security personnel and community health organizations about Covid case numbers, “often leaving them in the dark and unable to monitor the spread of the virus.”
Amazon sends information about Covid news to its storage staff through an in-house message, called A to Z, and works to see if other employees have joined the reviewer carefully reviewing images on the website, as well as interviewing with staff.
Storage and distribution chain operators have previously complained about Amazon’s reviews of indexes and marketing campaigns, claiming they were inadequate.
Last year, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra opened a study on how Amazon deals with security personnel during an emergency.
The California Department of Defense and Health issued a ruling in Amazon in October last year for violating coronavirus protection in two states of the country. At one point, Amazon did not disclose contracts and certification issues, the statement said.
Amazon said at the time that it believes its methods of preventing coronavirus “are beyond reasonable.”