California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon Warehouse Conditions

Re:California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon War... by bushbaba on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:22AM (#28538739)

A warehouse is huge. A 5min walk to the restroom isn’t unreasonable. Id assume it takes a similar amount of time at usps, ups, fedex, and most large-scale domestic manufacturing facilities

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Re:California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon War... by alistairSH on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:28AM (#28538789)

True, but Amazon apparently ignores that fact when calculating bathroom break time. 60 minutes of bathroom time isn't unreasonable over a 10 hour shift, if 30+ minutes of that is walking to/from the bathroom.

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Re:California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon War... by ThePadawan on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:16PM (#28542450)

I've worked (in software) for a retailer before and did a "day in the life" of a warehouse employee.

This was overall not a great company that gave two shits about their employees.

But they did have the punch clock in a central location, near the bathrooms.

To be able to punch out, you need to walk your ass over there in the first place. And that's how it should be.

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