AMAZON FACES

UNPAID WAGES CLASS

ACTION LAWSUITCarl Ceder

• Amazon is currently facing a major employment class action lawsuit, which was filed by

Plaintiff Kelly Pavuk (“Pavuk”) in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. This

lawsuit alleges that Amazon has failed to compensate her adequately for the time working

at their Amazon facility in Pennsylvania. Pavuk also makes this claim on behalf of herself

and other people similarly situated.

• The lawsuit claims that the defendants have failed to comply with the requirements set

forth in the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”), which is violating the law by not

compensating all warehouse workers during their end-of-shift screening process that takes

between 10 and 20 minutes.

• The lawsuit also claims the defendants have violated the PMWA in a failure to

compensate all the Warehouse Workers for passing through this same screening process

during their meal breaks or for walking to that screening area. The lawsuit also claims the

defendants also automatically deduct 30 minutes from Warehouse Workers time sheet

each shift for an unpaid meal break, and that they require Warehouse Workers to remain

at their work locations within the Facility until the start of the 30-minute meal break.