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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That'll show them! I bet it will take Amazon a whole half hour to make back that $6mil!

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

2 hours, assuming 24hours of operation 365 days in year based on a profit of 30billion in 2023.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Almost as if the laws were meant to go after the little guy and not the big corporations.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Seems like that fine is missing three zeros.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

KEY POINTS

  • California’s labor regulator slapped Amazon with a roughly $6 million fine for breaking the state’s Warehouse Quotas law.
  • Officials investigated two Amazon warehouses in Southern California and found they “failed to provide written notice of quotas.” 
  • Amazon has previously denied using fixed quotas at its warehouses.