#USA #Amazon #WarehouseSafety #WageSlavery: "Markey's bill, which mirrors more than a dozen similar proposals in U.S. states, requires companies to tell employees what their quota or productivity targets are, as without knowing what is expected of them, workers can feel pressured into working harder and faster.
The bill also bars employers from holding workers to standards that regulators determine put their safety at risk.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce business association opposes the bill, which it says places too onerous a burden on the warehousing sector.
"This is intrusive micromanagement from the federal government," Marc Freedman, vice president of workplace policy at the chamber, told Context in an interview.
He said warehouses already aimed to keep their workers safe, and that it was improper for regulators to tell companies how they should monitor and enforce productivity.
In June, California levied the largest ever penalty under its version of the law - a nearly $6 million fine against e-commerce giant Amazon - citing the company for failing to disclose productivity targets as required by the law.
Similar fines have been levelled against discount retailer Dollar General, and food distributor Sysco."
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