Amazon Broke Law With Off-Duty Access Rule, Labor Board Says (1)

Amazon.com Inc. violated federal labor law with a rule restricting off-duty workers’ access to its facilities that was in place for about a week during the summer of 2022, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Amazon’s rule was illegal because it contained a clause granting the company the discretion to enforce the restriction selectively and control when and why off-duty workers can access facilities, the NLRB held Friday.

Agency prosecutors have brought three other pending cases involving Amazon’s off-duty access rules, including one that accuses the online retailer of violating a nationwide settlement related to such directives.

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