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Amazon Faces Renewed Pressure From UK Lawmakers Over Warehouse Conditions
Jan 13 2023 // UK lawmakers have called on Amazon to clarify comments made by a senior executive at a recent parliamentary hearing, after an advocacy group accused him of providing “misleading” evidence concerning the...
OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries
Dec 19 2022 // Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of its ongoing...
Judges Appear Skeptical of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims
Nov 30 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc. fired New York warehouse worker Christian Smalls, a pivotal figure in a campaign to unionize the company’s workforce, because of...
Academy of Insurance Audiobook Reaches #1 on Amazon!
Oct 24 2022 // San Diego, CA. October 24, 2022 — This week, two books published by the Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance reached #1 and #2 on Amazon’s Property Insurance category, respectively. The audiobook version...
Amazon Faces $1 Billion UK Class-Action Lawsuit Over Use of ‘Secretive’ Algorithm
Oct 21 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. faces a UK class-action lawsuit over claims the tech giant uses a “secretive” algorithm to abuse its dominant position in the online marketplace. Amazon has made millions of customers pay more...
Amazon Workers in New York City Win Partial Revival of COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit
Oct 20 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from COVID-19, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday while dismissing the bulk of the workers’ 2020...
Update: Amazon Launches Home Insurance Comparison Website for UK Customers
Oct 19 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. is launching a home insurance portal in Britain and has signed up three big-name insurers as it pushes further into financial services across the globe. Ageas UK, Co-op, and LV= General Insurance, a unit of...
New York City, Amazon Partner On ‘Ghost Vehicles’ Crackdown
Sep 19 2022 // As part of a collaboration with New York City, giant retailer Amazon said it will proactively restrict the sale of smokescreen license plate covers and tinted license plate covers to customers with a New York state...
New York City, Amazon Collaborate on Crackdown on ‘Ghost Vehicles’
Aug 30 2022 // As part of a collaboration with New York City, giant retailer Amazon said it will proactively restrict the sale of smokescreen license plate covers and tinted license plate covers to customers with a New York state...
Amazon Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Cache of Data on You
Aug 25 2022 // From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere. And it appears the company doesn’t want to halt its reach anytime soon. In recent weeks, Amazon...
State Farm Sues Amazon to Recover New York Homeowner Claim
Aug 23 2022 // State Farm Fire & Casualty is trying to get Amazon to reimburse it for a payment it made to cover damages to the home of one of its New York insureds. State Farm and its insured claim that the damage was caused by a...
OSHA Investigating Deaths of Amazon Workers in New Jersey
Aug 15 2022 // Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the...
Amazon Warehouse Walkouts Over Pay Seen Spreading Across UK
Aug 10 2022 // Hundreds of Amazon.com Inc.’s UK workers are planning walkouts in the coming days after logistics workers clashed with managers over pay. A series of walkouts and slowdown protests at at least seven facilities in...
Court Agrees With Insurer: Amazon Can Be Sued Under New Jersey Product Liability Law
Jul 26 2022 // Online marketplace Amazon can be sued under New Jersey product liability law for defective products sold by third-party sellers on its website. The federal district court in New Jersey sided with the New Jersey...
How Amazon Thinks About Auto Insurance for Delivery Service Partners
Jul 14 2022 // Amazon runs an auto insurance program for its delivery service providers, but if those DSPs choose to buy their insurance from competitors instead, Amazon is fine with that. In fact, Amazon might prefer it if their...
Reuters: Behind Amazon’s 13,000 Disciplinary Notices at New York Warehouse
Jul 13 2022 // Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when his manager showed him a “Supportive Feedback Document.” Bryson had made 22 errors, the...
California Court: Amazon Customers Can Sue Over Lack of Toxic Warnings
Jun 17 2022 // The California Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury. The court...
Amazon Accused of Obstructing House Probe of Deadly Tornado
Jun 3 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. is obstructing a congressional investigation of a deadly December tornado by failing to provide documents about emergency preparedness and communications with workers during the storm, according to a letter...
Amazon Workers Close in on California Trial to Recoup Work-at-Home Expenses
Jun 2 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. workers seeking to recoup expenses they incurred while working from home during the pandemic moved a step closer to trial when a California judge threw out the e-commerce giant’s request to dismiss...
New York Accuses Amazon of Discriminating Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers
May 18 2022 // The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor Kathy Hochul said on...
