Giant online retailer Amazon.com Inc will end its paid time-off policy for employees with COVID-19 from May 2, the company told U.S.-based staff on Saturday.
An Amazon sign stands in a parking lot outside of an Amazon warehouse as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues in the Staten Island borough of New York U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jacksonwill end its paid time-off policy for employees with COVID-19 from May 2, the company told U.S.-based staff on Saturday.
The U.S.-based staff will now get five days of excused, unpaid leave following a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, Amazon told workers in a message it provided to Reuters."We can continue to safely adjust to our pre-COVID policies," the company said, citing the sustained easing of the pandemic, the availability of vaccines and treatments, and updated public health guidance.
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