Legal Amazon faces class action for not paying workers on military leave
Daniel Wiessner
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Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016.
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Amazon.com Inc has been hit with a proposed nationwide class action claiming it unlawfully refuses to pay workers who take short-term military leave, even while it provides paid leave for jury duty and bereavement.
Caonaissa Won, an Army reservist and former employee at an Amazon warehouse in New York, filed a complaint in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday accusing the online retail giant of violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).