Amazon contractor settles case over warehouse working conditions


A worker prepares packages to be shipped inside of an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

A leading logistics contractor and a group of staffing companies agreed to pay as much as US$1.9mil (RM7.62mil) to resolve allegations of wage-and-hour violations and retaliation at a Los Angeles-owned storage facility that houses Amazon.com products, among others. 

A group of warehouse workers filed the proposed class action in 2014, claiming Amazon contractor California Cartage Co and several staffing firms violated the state’s minimum wage law and the city’s “living wage” statute. The workers also alleged that the defendants didn’t give employees time to rest during periods of excessive heat, and retaliated against those who complained.  

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