Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs
摘要
四名曾在亚马逊仓库工作的女性提起集体诉讼，称亚马逊歧视怀孕员工，拒绝提供如厕休息、额外休息时间和坐着工作等基本便利。诉状指出，这四人在2025年4月至2026年7月间因使用必要的医疗休息或请假而被扣减无薪休假时间，随后遭解雇。该诉讼寻求代表全美亚马逊员工，已在纽约东区联邦法院提交。
Amazon discriminated against pregnant warehouse employees by denying accommodations like bathroom breaks and the option to sit while working, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by four women who worked for Amazon while pregnant. The lawsuit is a class-action complaint that seeks to represent Amazon workers throughout the US.
"Plaintiffs Willamina Barclay, Kristina Green, Jennifer Hatch, and Dazaria Parks were formerly Amazon warehouse employees," said the lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. "All four became pregnant. All four asked Amazon for basic pregnancy-related accommodations so they could keep doing their jobs. Amazon denied them basic modifications the law recognizes pregnant workers regularly need, even in uncomplicated pregnancies: Bathroom breaks. An extra 15-minute break. Sitting instead of standing."
The lawsuit said the four plaintiffs were unlawfully terminated from jobs at Amazon facilities in New York between April 2025 and July 2026. After the plaintiffs "took medically necessary breaks or absences to get off their feet, visit the doctor, or go to the emergency room, they were punished," the lawsuit said. "Amazon deducted their limited bank of unpaid time off. Soon enough, they had depleted that limited bank of 'unpaid time off,' and Amazon threatened to terminate them."
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