Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law
Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law
Officials investigated two Amazon warehouses in Southern California and found they "failed to provide written notice of quotas."
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Oh no! That's almost six minutes worth of revenue!
93 0 ReplyThat seemed a bit ridiculous, so I checked. You're right, except it's not just revenue, it's profit. They make about $900k profit every minute.
59 0 ReplySo that would be around $2.40 fine for someone making 50k/year
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Fines are obviously not doing anything to companies like this. Charge the people making decisions.
39 0 ReplyBreak up these massive corporations.
16 0 ReplyThat's fun too. But ultimately has the same function as a fine. The circle of
lifeAT&T has taught us that. Nothing will change unless people are actually held accountable.6 0 Reply
That's like 1 hour of profits? Ooooo. They're scared now.
16 0 ReplyI can't wait for The supreme Court to invalidate this and rule that fining corporations is unconstitutional... for reasons.
12 0 ReplyThey don't have to - if the penalty is a fine, then it's just the cost of business. Everyone is fine with the system - as long as the profits gained from breaking the rule are bigger than the fine, behavior won't change.
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That number suffix should start with a B rather than M
7 0 ReplyOr at least 2 more zeros
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pennies
I doubt the quotas bring in that much value but its a small price to pay for power tripping tech bros
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