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California fines Amazon nearly $6M for unfair quotas at Riverside, San Bernardino county warehouses

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California alleged that Amazon worked warehouse employees so hard it put their safety at risk.

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  1. NBC Chicago

    Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Officials investigated two Amazon warehouses in Southern California and found they “failed to provide written notice of quotas.”

  2. Washington Post

    Amazon fined $5.9 million for breaking labor law in California (opens Washington Post)

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    The company is among the first to run afoul of a union-backed law aimed at protecting warehouse workers from aggressive productivity quotas.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    California fines Amazon nearly $6M, alleging illegal work quotas at 2 warehouses (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk. Officials said Tuesday that the

  4. Green Field Reporter

    California fines Amazon nearly $6M, alleging illegal work quotas at 2 warehouses - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk, officials said Tuesday. The two citations issued in May by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said Amazon.

  5. Engadget

    Amazon faces nearly $6B in fines over California labor law violations (opens Engadget)

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    California has fined Amazon over infractions of state laws designed to protect warehouse workers.

  6. Los Angeles Times

    Amazon fined nearly $6 million for violations at Inland Empire warehouses (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    California has fined Amazon nearly $6 million for violating a law meant to protect warehouse workers from misuse of production quotas, state officials announced Tuesday.

  7. Foxla

    California fines Amazon nearly $6M for unfair quotas at Riverside, San Bernardino county warehouses (opens Foxla)

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    California alleged that Amazon worked warehouse employees so hard it put their safety at risk.

  8. Insider

    Amazon was fined nearly $6 million over claims it violated a worker productivity law in California (opens Insider)

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    Amazon faces a $5.9 million fine from California for not disclosing work quotas to warehouse employees, state labor officials said.

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Labor violations cost Amazon $5.9M (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    LOS ANGELES -- California has fined Amazon $5.9 million, alleging the company worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk, officials said Tuesday.

  10. Fortune

    California fines Amazon $5.9 million (opens Fortune)

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    Saying it worked warehouse employees so hard with 'undisclosed quotas' it put their safety at risk .

  11. FOX Business

    California fines Amazon $6M for alleged violations of warehouse quota law at 2 warehouses (opens FOX Business)

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    The California Labor Commissioner's Office has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million for allegedly violating the state's Warehouse Quota Law.

  12. Washington Times

    California labor board fines Amazon $5.9 million for work violations (opens Washington Times)

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    California's labor commission slapped Amazon with a $5.9 million penalty Tuesday after the agency discovered thousands of labor offenses at two of the firm's facilities in the state.

  13. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Amazon fined $5.9 million for allegedly violating California's warehouse quota law (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Amazon was fined $5.9 million for allegedly not providing workers at its Moreno Valley and Redlands warehouses with written work quotas.

  14. KESQ Palm Springs

    Amazon fined $5.9 million for alleged violations at Inland Empire warehouses (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    Amazon was hit with $5.9 million in fines for alleged violations at two Inland Empire warehouses of a state law intended to prevent overworking employees. The company said the ruling is unjustified and will be challenged.

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