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Employees are forced to move close to large offices or will be fired without compensation

Bloomberg reports Amazon is ordering employees to move closer to larger office buildings (“Hubs”). These larger buildings are located in cities such as Seattle, Arlington (Virginia) or Washington DC. For some employees this will mean to move across the whole country. Officially this is for enhanced efficiencies and employee happiness, additionally CEO expects efficiency gains by AI advancements. On the other hand Amazon has eliminated 27,000 positions since 2022. "Telling workers to relocate will likely prompt some to quit, which can be a less expensive way to reduce headcount than executing layoffs and paying severance packages." writes Bloomberg.

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Catalonia’s Labour Inspectorate fines Amazon for workplace surveilance

The surveillance tools used in their warehouses and delivery was not transparent enough for the regulators. The fine of €2401 has mostly a symbolic nature, but it is the first fine of the new “rider law” from 2022 that regulates platform workers such a delivery drivers. The total amount of fines for labour violations found in the end of 2024 might be around €100k by estimation of the union CCOO.

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