The lawsuit claims that Amazon has failed to follow CDC guidance to trace and stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for New York's Eastern District, alleges that Amazon has "sought to create a facade of compliance," but has failed to adequately protect workers from the virus in a number of ways, including "sloppy contact tracing." Last week, the company notified employees of multiple new cases at JFK8, according to the lawsuit.
Amazon told CNBC in a statement that it has always followed the guidance of federal and local health authorities, including the CDC, the World Health Organization, its own workplace health and safety experts and an independent epidemiologist. After an Amazon employee tests positive for Covid-19, the company reviews video footage from cameras on site to determine which employees may have interacted with the individual and become exposed to the virus. The company then notifies those employees and places them in quarantine.
In a declaration filed in conjunction with the lawsuit, Melissa Perry, a professor of environmental and occupational health at George Washington University, said Amazon's response to Palmer was "not adequate contact tracing." Information about positive cases is also tightly controlled inside facilities, according to the lawsuit. The complaint alleges that Amazon instructs employees to "avoid telling others if they become infected and rely on Amazon to perform contact tracing."
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