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Amazon France must limit its activity to only essential products while waiting to learn more
on the risks run by its employees in the face of
the Covid-19 epidemic, according to a decision by the Nanterre court on Tuesday.
The court considers that the company “has obviously disregarded its obligation of safety and prevention of the health of employees”. It enjoins him to restrict his activity “to the sole activities of receiving goods, preparing and dispatching orders for food, hygiene and medical products, subject to a penalty of one million euros per day late and by offense noted “.
Immediate measurement
This restriction applies “within 24 hours” and for one month. Amazon must involve staff representatives in the risk assessment. The court was seized by Sud (Union syndicale Solidaires), the first union in the company, supported by Friends of the Earth. The Friends of the Earth intervention was declared inadmissible.
The court dismissed the union’s “principal” request to stop the warehouse activity entirely on the grounds that it brings together more than 100 workers in an enclosed space. However, it grants the request “in the alternative” to stop the delivery of non-essential products until a risk assessment and the measures necessary to protect the health of employees have been implemented. The court also orders Amazon to pay damages to Sud up to 4,800 euros.
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