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OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death

Feb 28 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a new Amazon facility in Philadelphia after a worker died from being trapped...

Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash

Feb 23 2022 // A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to...

COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections

Feb 22 2022 // Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses,...

Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination

Feb 9 2022 // A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer.U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected...

Amazon Care Is Expanding In-Person Medical Services to 20 Additional Cities

Feb 8 2022 // Amazon said it will be expanding its in-person health care service locations accessed through its virtual Amazon Care unit to more than 20 additional cities this year.Amazon Care’s virtual tele-health service for...

Amazon Discloses Employee Injury Rates Compared to Peers

Jan 25 2022 // Amazon.com Inc .on Monday reported injury figures for 2020 showing worse-than-average safety rates in its U.S. warehouses but a better record than peers in delivery.The online retailer also said staff injuries and...

Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse

Jan 19 2022 // The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful deathlawsuitMonday in Madison County.The action on behalf of Austin McEwen,...

‘Keep Delivering’: Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions

Dec 17 2021 // The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company’s warehouses in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Dec. 10, killing six workers. The...

Why OSHA Is Investigating Amazon Worker Deaths at Illinois Building Hit by Tornado

Dec 14 2021 // EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during Friday night’s storm of an Amazon.com Inc building in Illinois in which six workers died, an...

Amazon’s New FleetWise Transfers Vehicle Data to Cloud to Aid Safety, Design

Dec 1 2021 // Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud-based data service that could help automakers remotely diagnose issues in their vehicles to prevent recalls and improve safety, as well as manage related data, the company told...

Labor Group Calls for Probe of Amazon’s Reporting of Covid Cases at Facilities

Dec 1 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. provided “misleading or grossly incomplete” data about the number of Covid-19 infections potentially spread in its U.S. facilities, according to a labor group calling on the federal government...

New York Seeks Monitor to Oversee Amazon Worker Safety

Dec 1 2021 // New York state’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in New York City, citing the retailer’s alleged rollbacks...

Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers

Nov 22 2021 // Ans Rana was in the back seat of his brother’s Tesla Model S when they stopped behind a disabled car just before 9 p.m. on Atlanta’s busy Interstate 75. Seconds later, a blue Amazon.com Inc. delivery van...

Insurance Technology: LineSlip Aids Property Underwriting; Bold Penguin Adds 2 Products:, Cowbell Assesses AWS

Nov 17 2021 // LineSlip Streamlines Property Value Reporting, Underwriting DataLineSlip Solutions recently unveiled a new tool to help risk managers, insurance brokers, and real estate asset managers streamline the collection and...

Amazon-Backed Indian Online Insurer Acko Valued at $1.1B in New Funding Round

Oct 29 2021 // General Atlantic and local private equity firm Multiples Private Equity led a $225 million funding in Acko General Insurance, valuing the Indian online insurer at $1.1 billion.Existing investors including Canada Pension...

Amazon Appeals Record $865M Fine for Violation of EU Data Protection Rules

Oct 19 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union’s tough data-protection rules.The appeal was filed at the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal on...

Amazon Sued by Colorado Warehouse Workers Over COVID-19 Screening Pay

Oct 18 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work.Jennifer Vincenzetti, who worked at two Amazon...

Amazon Sued by Colorado Warehouse Workers Over COVID-19 Screening Pay

Oct 7 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work.Jennifer Vincenzetti, who worked at two Amazon...

Amazon Reaches Private Settlement With Workers Who Criticized Warehouse Conditions

Sep 30 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. and the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said on Wednesday the company had reached a settlement with two former employees who alleged they were fired last year for criticizing the working...

Amazon to Offer Insurance to Small and Medium-Sized UK Businesses: Broker

Sep 27 2021 // Amazon.com Inc is to start offering insurance to small and medium-sized UK business customers, the technology giant’s first foray into business insurance in the country, broker Superscript said on Monday.Members of...