Unlimited unpaid time off will end next week. Instead, warehouse workers can take regular accrued time off or a leave of absence. The company's pay bumps will apply through mid-May.
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Amazon was one of the few companies to extend unlimited, though unpaid, time off to its workers who are declared essential during the health crisis. But the retailerto that policy on Friday, raising alarm among some workers who worry about having less flexibility. Warehouse workers, some of whom have been staging strikes at several facilities around the country, say they worry the loss of the unlimited unpaid time off would force them to choose between safeguarding their own and their family's health and potentially losing their jobs.Amazon on Friday said its unpaid leave of absence policy will"cover COVID-19 circumstances, such as high-risk individuals or school closures.
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