Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs
Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.
Amazon faced legal action yesterday from four former pregnant warehouse employees alleging the company denied them accommodations such as bathroom breaks and the ability to sit while working. The lawsuit, filed as a class-action complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeks to represent Amazon workers nationwide.
Plaintiffs Willamina Barclay, Kristina Green, Jennifer Hatch, and Dazaria Parks were all Amazon warehouse employees who became pregnant and requested basic pregnancy-related accommodations, which Amazon denied. According to the lawsuit, the four women were unlawfully terminated from their jobs at Amazon facilities in New York between April 2025 and July 2026 after taking medically necessary breaks or absences.
The complaint alleges that Amazon punished the plaintiffs by deducting their limited bank of unpaid time off, which they eventually depleted, leading to threats of termination. The lawsuit claims Amazon violated pregnancy discrimination laws that recognize the need for such accommodations even in uncomplicated pregnancies.
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