According to Amazon's report, Amazon is changing its unpaid leave policy starting next month. Bloomberg. On May 1st, most of the 250,000 warehouse workers who are not able to work from home, the hourly employee is scared and needs to ask for absenteeism. Safe during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Throughout the Corona Virus Crisis, Amazon's hourly employees at service centers and warehouses were able to stay home and maintain jobs without paying wages. For those who have reported work and have come in contact with someone who has become ill or has been positive for the virus, Amazon is offering two weeks of paid vacation.
An Amazon blog post in March said, "If a team member doesn't have an upcoming job or can spend unlimited unpaid hours throughout the month of April, it's helpful if someone chooses to stay at home." Worker safety measures.
Amazon now says that employees need to start reporting to request a vacation or request a vacation, and that vacation requirements include having an existing health condition or living with someone else. According to everyone else must see things Bloomberg.
You are not entitled to such a vacation, but I am not sure if any worker who decides not to go to work anyway will be fired. However, this policy applies to both part-time and full-time workers. Bloomberg report. Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The company also said in March that hourly wages would increase by $ 2 an hour in various parts of Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. This has resulted in an increase in salaries for employees per hour from a minimum of $ 15 an hour to a maximum of $ 17 an hour started by the company in October 2018. Today, Amazon announced an extension to the temporary wage increase from late April to May 16. The company said the cost of raising the salary is estimated at $ 700 million.
“I extended the hourly wage increase outlined below until May 16th. The US and Canada are also doubling overtime pay. This expansion increases the total investment for the COVID-19 period to nearly $ 700 million per hour for employees and partners.
“We are also providing flexibility as a leave option, including expanding policies covering COVID-19 environments, such as high-risk individuals or school closures. "Even in these difficult times, there is a lot of demand, and the team is doing amazing things for our customers and the community."