Amazon Worker Loses Bid for California Class Action Over Remote Work Expenses

Amazon Worker Loses Bid for California Class Action Over Remote Work Expenses
The logo of Amazon at the company logistics center in Boves, France, on Aug. 8, 2018. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday defeated a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of nearly 7,000 workers in California that claimed the company should have reimbursed employees who worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic for home office expenses.

U.S. District Judge Vincent Chhabria in San Francisco said the named plaintiff, David Williams, failed to show that Amazon had a company-wide policy of not reimbursing employees for internet, cell phone and other costs, and the judge denied his motion to certify the workers as a class.