PARIS, April 15 — Amazon faces having its operations reduced to a bare minimum in France after a court ruled the e-commerce giant can deliver only essential goods while the company evaluates its workers’ risk of coronavirus exposure. The court in Nanterre, outside Paris, said Amazon France had...
Amazon has been hiring thousands of workers as business booms in countries affected by the coronavirus outbreak after authorities imposed business closures and stay-at-home orders to try to limit infections. — Reuters pic
While carrying out a health evaluation, Amazon can prepare and deliver only “food, hygiene and medical products,” the court said. Amazon has been hiring thousands of workers as business booms in countries affected by the coronavirus outbreak after authorities imposed business closures and stay-at-home orders to try to limit infections.
His comments came after hundreds of employees walked out at several Amazon processing centres in France, exercising the “right of refusal” in France’s labour code if an employee considers there is a risk to health or safety.
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