CNET reviewed seven lawsuits filed over the last four years by pregnant Amazon workers.
CNET reviewed all seven lawsuits, and spoke to one of the women — Beverly Rosales, a worker in Amazon's Golden State Fulfilment Centre in California — who filed her suit in January. The rest either did not respond to CNET's request for comment or didn't speak to the reporter for fear it would violate their settlements with Amazon.
Rosales told CNET that the major problem which led to her termination was her need for more frequent bathroom breaks. Rosales said she was told by her manager it would be"against the rules" for her to use the bathroom more, as this would mean more than her allotted"time off task," i.e. time outside of allotted breaks when workers aren't carrying out their duties.
"When I had to go to the restroom, she literally stayed in that spot and waited for me to come back so she could talk to me about it... After that, I would just hold it towards the end of the day because I didn't want to get fired," Rosales said. Rosales claims that when she was fired, Amazon said she had been taking too much time off.
"It is absolutely not true that Amazon would fire any employee for being pregnant; we are an equal opportunity employer," an Amazon spokeswoman said in a statement to CNET."We work with our employees to accommodate their medical needs including pregnancy-related needs. We also support new parents by offering various maternity and parental leave benefits."
Draconian monitoring of workers' bathroom breaks has been a recurring theme for Amazon. An undercover journalist claimed that
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