© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Amazon signal stands in a car parking zone outdoors of an Amazon warehouse because the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) continues within the Staten Island borough of New York U.S., Could 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
(Reuters) – Large on-line retailer Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) will finish its paid time-off coverage for workers with COVID-19 from Could 2, the corporate instructed U.S.-based workers on Saturday.
The change follows the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and revised steering from the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, it stated.
The U.S.-based workers will now get 5 days of excused, unpaid go away following a confirmed COVID-19 analysis, Amazon instructed employees in a message it offered to Reuters.
“We will proceed to soundly regulate to our pre-COVID insurance policies,” the corporate stated, citing the sustained easing of the pandemic, the supply of vaccines and coverings, and up to date public well being steering.
The modifications come amid a stream of challenges for Amazon after a latest effort to unionize some warehouses. In April, employees at its warehouse in New York Metropolis voted to kind the primary union.
On Saturday, Amazon stated it’s halting site-wide notifications of optimistic instances in amenities, except required by legislation, in addition to efforts to encourage vaccination.
In January, Amazon trimmed paid go away for employees with the virus to 1 week, or as much as 40 hours. Earlier than that, they obtained two weeks of paid break day for COVID-19.
