Amazon.com Inc. defeated an attempt by employees to sue as a group in an attempt to recoup internet expenses they incurred while working from home during the pandemic.
A federal judge in California Tuesday rejected the worker’s proposed class-action lawsuit, ruling that David Williams, a California-based engineer for Amazon, failed to show the nearly 7,000 employees had enough in common to sue as a group.
Williams didn’t show that Amazon had a “common policy” of allowing workers to only seek reimbursement for “incremental” increases in home internet costs — only the amount above what an employee would normally pay if ...
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