WA House passes bill taking aim at warehouse productivity quotas
The Washington state House passed a bill seeking broader protections and transparency for warehouse employees.
House Bill 1762, which received approval on March 6,would require employers to provide written descriptions of their production quotas and work speed data. Employers would have to factor in sufficient time for breaks and would be prohibited from retaliating over missed quotas.
The bill would apply to employers with 100 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center or 500 or more in-state employees at multiple warehouses.
Like Senate Bill 5891 last year — which died after languishing in the Senate's rules committee — the proposed legislation doesn't name the state's largest private employer, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), but it does take aim at issues surrounding the company's logistics network.
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