Amazon ends paid COVID-19 leave policy for workers

As of May 2nd, Amazon will no longer offer paid time off for workers who test positive for COVID-19, according to CNBC . Starting Monday, the company will instead grant frontline staff up to five days of unpaid leave, with the option for workers to use their accrued sick time if needed. Announced in a memo the company sent out on Saturday, the new policy sees Amazon once again scaling back the protections it offers workers. At the start of the pandemic, the company gave workers up to 14 days of ...