Amazon.com Inc. discriminates against employees who take leave for military service, including by failing to return them to their jobs when their leave is over, a proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court charges.
Yasmine Mahone says that’s what happened to her, resulting in the termination of her employment with Amazon in Bessemer, Ala., after just three months. A member of the Alabama National Guard, she needed the time off for “drill weekend,” Mahone says. But while she was fulfilling her service, she got an email from Amazon firing her for taking too much unpaid time off, she says in a suit filed Wednesday.
Her termination violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act because her UTO was all due to taking leave without pay for military service, Mahone says. She seeks to represent a class of other current and former Amazon employees nationwide who faced similar bias.
The class includes all employees who are or were members of the U.S. Armed Services Reserves or National Guard who took or have taken military leave while working for Amazon, the suit says.
Causes of Action: Discrimination under USERRA.
Relief: Certification of class with Mahone as its representative; declaration that Amazon’s actions and practices violate USERRA; order enjoining further violations; compensatory and liquidated...
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