Amazon Settles With California Over Worker Safety Tied to Covid
- Accord requires retailer to step up workplace communication
- Investigation of virus protocols began under AG’s predecessor
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Amazon.com Inc. will step up efforts to inform warehouse workers in California about safety protocols and Covid-19 outbreaks under a deal reached with the state’s attorney general.
The accord announced Monday requires Amazon to notify workers within one day and local health agencies with 48 hours about new Covid-19 cases in the workplace and pay $500,000 towards consumer protection enforcement in California, according to a statement from the office of Attorney General Rob Bonta.