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Amazon ditches two week COVID leave following CDC rules

By Yashasvini on Jan 08, 2022 | 05:38 AM IST

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• CDC said last week that asymptomatic people with COVID-19 isolate for five days instead of ten days

• Amazon shortened its paid leave to ten days, in line with guidance from the CDC

Amazon cuts the paid COVID-19 leaves of Amazon workers by a week after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s updated its COVID-19 isolation guidelines.

The CDC issued updated recommendations last week that asymptomatic people with Covid-19 isolate for five days instead of ten days.

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Amazon initially offered up to two weeks of pay for any employees diagnosed with Covid-19 or placed into quarantine, but later shortened its paid leave to ten days, in line with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC said all U.S. workers who test positive for COVID-19 and those required to quarantine will now be eligible for one week, or up to 40 hours, of paid leave.

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On Wednesday Walmart had announced that it would cut pandemic-related leaves by half. 

Meanwhile, Wall Street banks are aggressive about vaccine mandates. Citigroup Inc will be the first major Wall Street bank to impose a strict “no-jab, no job” policy as of January 14 on Friday, reported Bloomberg.

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Amazon and other companies have repeatedly changed their leave policies as the pandemic has stretched on and new COVID-19 variants arise. Amazon recently introduced its mask mandate, again, for all U.S. workers, regardless of their vaccination status, as a result of the highly contagious omicron variant.

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