Amazon retaliated after employee walkout over the return-to-office policyholders
The NLRB filed a complaint against Amazon for allegedly firing an employee involved in organizing walkouts against the return-to-office policy. Amazon denies claims, citing underperformance. NLRB seeks remedies. Hearing set for February 4th.
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against Amazon, alleging the company unlawfully disciplined and terminated an employee who assisted in organizing walkouts protesting the return-to-office policy. Amazon's CEO had announced new guidelines requiring employees to work from the office at least three days a week, leading to protests and petitions. The NLRB complaint states that Amazon interrogated employees and offered severance to discourage protected organizing activities. Amazon refuted the claims, citing the employee's underperformance as the reason for termination. The NLRB seeks remedies including financial reimbursement for the employee and a letter of apology from Amazon. A hearing is scheduled for February 4th, 2025, if a settlement is not reached. The employee's name remains redacted in the complaint.
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1 commentsI would put her up against her colleagues to see if she was probably singled out due to the organizing of the slack channel.
>spokesperson Rob Munoz said. “The truth is that Ms. Hayter was told that she was not meeting expectations many months before we updated our RTO guidance and the two issues are completely unrelated.” (…) In April, about two months after Amazon’s RTO announcement and the creation of the Slack channel, Hayter said she received a “below the bar” ranking on an annual review. That was the first time she had received a negative review after eight years at Amazon, Hayter said.
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