{"id":3693,"date":"2021-11-16T01:37:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/amazon-to-pay-500000-fine-for-failing-to-notify-workers-of-covid-cases\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T01:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:37:46","slug":"amazon-to-pay-500000-fine-for-failing-to-notify-workers-of-covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/amazon-to-pay-500000-fine-for-failing-to-notify-workers-of-covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to pay $500,000 fine for failing to notify workers of Covid cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark US judgment, California official says the company failed to \u2018adequately notify\u2019 employees and local health agencies<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and be monitored by California officials after the state\u2019s attorney general said the company failed to \u201cadequately notify\u201d workers and health authorities about new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon employs about 150,000 people in California, most of them at 100 \u201cfulfillment centers\u201d \u2013 sprawling warehouses where orders are packed and shipped. The agreement, which must be approved by a judge, requires the Seattle-based retailer to notify its workers within a day of new coronavirus cases in their workplaces.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/15\/amazon-fined-workers-covid-cases\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3822a9cab0481b10505adc6db22e671410e43242\/130_0_3281_1969\/master\/3281.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5f8be7e4b11c1e0eb1d6e9c45925d45\" title=\"Amazon to pay $500,000 fine for failing to notify workers of Covid cases\" \/>In a landmark US judgment, California official says the company failed to \u2018adequately notify\u2019 employees and local health agencies<br \/>\nAmazon has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and be monitored by California officials after the state\u2019s attorney general said the company failed to \u201cadequately notify\u201d workers and health authorities about new Covid-19 cases.<br \/>\nAmazon employs about 150,000 people in California, most of them at 100 \u201cfulfillment centers\u201d \u2013 sprawling warehouses where orders are packed and shipped. The agreement, which must be approved by a judge, requires the Seattle-based retailer to notify its workers within a day of new coronavirus cases in their workplaces. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark US judgment, California official says the company failed to \u2018adequately notify\u2019 employees and local health agencies Amazon has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and be monitored by California officials after the state\u2019s attorney general said the company failed to \u201cadequately notify\u201d workers and health authorities about new Covid-19 cases. Amazon employs &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/amazon-to-pay-500000-fine-for-failing-to-notify-workers-of-covid-cases\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon to pay $500,000 fine for failing to notify workers of Covid cases<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}