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Court Weighs New Pandemic Measures’ Impact On Amazon COVID Suit

October 15, 2021 at 5:48 PM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit could soon decide whether changes in state and federal workplace safety guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic have rendered moot litigation over employers’ alleged failures to comply with earlier safeguards, as it weighs new arguments in Amazon workers’ suit over warehouse conditions. Recent filings in Palmer, et al., v. Amazon ask the court to decide whether the recent expiration of the “New York Forward” social distancing guidance for workers in the...

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