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OLYMPIA <\/strong>\u2014 Washington warehouse workers would gain basic safety protections in an effort to prevent increasing on-the-job injury rates, under a bill filed today by Sen. Steve Conway<\/a> (D-Tacoma).<\/p>\n

SB 5891<\/a> would prohibit quotas that prevent workers from being able to go to the bathroom or taking meal or rest breaks. It would also require that businesses are honest and transparent about quotas with workers and safety regulators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWarehouse workers in highly automated settings are being injured at higher and higher rates as companies push them to work faster during the pandemic,\u201d said Conway, vice chair of the Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee. \u201cThis bill would ensure that they can\u2019t be set up for injury with unreasonable quotas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each worker would receive a written description of his or her quota, including the quantified tasks to be done within a defined time period, any potential adverse employment action that could result from failure to meet the quota, or bonuses and incentives for meeting or exceeding the quota.<\/p>\n

These protections would apply at all large non-agricultural warehouses, including those owned by Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. Amazon is the largest private employer in Washington, with more than 80,000<\/a> employees in the state.<\/p>\n

Warehouse employers with 100 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center or 1,000 or more total employees at distribution centers in the state would fall under the law.<\/p>\n

Reporting<\/a> by the Seattle Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting in 2020 led to an investigation by Washington\u2019s Department of Labor & Industries, resulting in a citation for a violation of workplace safety rules and a mere $7,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Washington Post reporting<\/a> based on OSHA data shows that one of the highest injury rates in the country is at Amazon\u2019s DuPont warehouse, where the rate of serious injury increased from 7.2 cases per 100 workers in 2017 to 23.9 in 2020. Amazon\u2019s 2020 average in all warehouses across the country was 5.9, while Walmart\u2019s average was 2.5.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a similar approach taken recently in California<\/a>, so we\u2019ll have better information to avoid occupational injuries,\u201d said Conway. \u201cPreventing injuries has benefits for everyone\u2014first and foremost for workers, and also for companies that see fewer workers miss time. It could also potentially reduce worker\u2019s compensation premium rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, SB 5891 requires that safety committees made up of employees of covered employers meet at least quarterly and that the employers pay workers for the time they spend in those meetings.<\/p>\n

The bill is scheduled to receive a public hearing on January 27 in the Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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