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    Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home

    (www.bloomberg.com)
    283 points belter | 11 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source | bottom
    1. adamredwoods ◴[13 Nov 24 21:59 UTC] No.42130530[source]▶
    Sadly, zero repercussions. Who will sue them? Individuals cannot, the process of law is long and requires substantial money. Government is difficult enough to get involved, and will soon lack resources to intervene or impose fines.
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    2. perihelions ◴[13 Nov 24 22:01 UTC] No.42130559[source]▶
    I'm not sure if that's the right take: the Americans with Disabilities Act is maybe the most plaintiff-friendly tort law in the US. There's whole law firms specializing in finding viable plaintiffs to take on contingency (i.e at no cost).
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    3. some_furry ◴[13 Nov 24 22:05 UTC] No.42130598[source]▶
    That might matter if it weren't for forced arbitration clauses.
    4. lthornberry ◴[13 Nov 24 22:05 UTC] No.42130603[source]▶
    There are tort firms doing that in every area of tort law. ADA cases are not easy wins and don’t often produce significant awards.
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    5. no_wizard ◴[13 Nov 24 22:08 UTC] No.42130648{3}[source]▶
    Amazon is big enough that they might even be able to get a class action lawsuit going, to be honest. If enough people started coming forward about disability discrimination.
    6. Vosporos ◴[13 Nov 24 23:03 UTC] No.42131195[source]▶
    That's why we've got trade unions, if only software engineers stopped believing they were above employer abuse.
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    7. harimau777 ◴[14 Nov 24 00:08 UTC] No.42131675[source]▶
    It seems to me that the payout for the employee would need to be enough that they never have to work again because of the risk that they won't be able to find a new jobs after having a lawsuit on their record.
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    8. lepus ◴[14 Nov 24 00:25 UTC] No.42131781{3}[source]▶
    Which record that most employers would check includes lawsuits against former employers?
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    9. dccoolgai ◴[14 Nov 24 00:31 UTC] No.42131812[source]▶
    It would be an interesting idea if employees at tech companies organized unions _for each other_. Like the guys at Apple ran the union for Microsoft and negotiated for them and visa versa.
    10. whaaaaat ◴[14 Nov 24 02:59 UTC] No.42132701{4}[source]▶
    The New York Times. Washington Post. Seattle Times.

    If you take Amazon to court and win a labor lawsuit, your name will be ALL over the papers.

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    11. lepus ◴[14 Nov 24 04:07 UTC] No.42133080{5}[source]▶
    Employees have and will continue to take Amazon to court over issues like this and go completely under the radar. The case would also highly likely be settled out of court to avoid this exact issue because they don't want it in the papers either. For an individual doing a (for Amazon) low stakes lawsuit you're highly sensationalizing the situation.