AmazonU.S. Front-line Workers who are positive or quarantined for the virus have their paid time cut.

According to Amazon’s employee notice which CNBC viewed, all U.S. employees who have tested positive for Covid-19 or those in quarantine are now eligible to receive one week of paid vacation.

Amazon spokesmen confirmed that the policy had been changed.

Amazon initially offeredAny employees who are diagnosed with Covid-19 and placed in quarantine can get up to two weeks pay. But, they later reduced their paid leave to ten working days according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After reviewing the guidance, the company stated that it would adjust its policy. the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe updated recommendations reduced the time required to isolate asymptomatic patients with Covid from 10 days to just five days. New recommendations reduced quarantine times for close contact.

Amazon will follow in the footsteps WalmartThe nation’s biggest private employer is. which announcedWednesday, it will cut in half the paid time for pandemic-related work.

Amazon, like other businesses’ responses to the virus, has changed as the pandemic continues and new Covid variants emerge. Amazon recently reinstatedIt is mandatory for every American worker, regardless of vaccination status.

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