Amazon will pay a $500,000 settlement related to California's 'right-to-know' labor law after state regulators alleged the retail giant failed to adequately notify warehouse workers and local health agencies of COVID-19 case numbers.
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"As our nation continues to battle the pandemic, it is absolutely critical that businesses do their part to protect workers now -- and especially during this holiday season," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement."That’s why California law requires employers to notify workers of potential workplace exposures and to report outbreaks to local health agencies.
California's so-called"right-to-know" law, AB 685, requires that employers notify workers of COVID-19 cases at their worksites, provide employees with information on coronavirus-related benefits and protections, share their disinfection and safety plans and report COVID-19 cases to local health agencies.
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