Worker sues Amazon due to lack of time to go to the toilet

At any normal operation, if you need to go to the toilet, you can go there. However, this rule does not apply to an Amazon employee who has been diagnosed with Crohn's disease.

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Nicholas Stover sued the company after he was fired from a call center in Winchester, Kentucky, accusing of "stealing time."

The letter of resignation he received on 21 on December 2017 of the year was not written on what grounds he was fired, although he said that the boss had accused him of spending too much time on “excessive restrooms in the restroom”.

According to Stover, due to Crohn's disease, he had to go to the restroom more often than other employees, so he was constantly reprimanded.

Crohn's disease is a debilitating chronic disease that causes inflammation of the digestive system.

“Episodes of Crohn's disease symptoms can occur without warning and require immediate response, including immediate use of the restroom,” Stover says in the 18-page lawsuit.

He believes that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by adhering to a "rigid and inhuman policy regarding access to the toilet." The lawsuit mentions that he reported his illness when he applied for a job and during training, after being hired in November 2016.

In a lawsuit filed in February 15 2019, he claims 3 million dollars in compensation for the loss of wages and the "significant increase in symptoms" of Crohn's disease.

In daily life at a Kentucky call center, employees are given one hour each day for lunch, two 15-minute breaks and 20 minutes for personal needs, says Stover.

The lawsuit mentions that the allotted time for breaks cannot be changed by employees. After six months, he asked for unplanned breaks to visit the restroom, a desk closer to the toilet, and an injection room for treating the disease. All these requests were rejected or postponed, in accordance with the claim.

An employee of the personnel department, according to Stover, explained to him that if they had given him the opportunity to go to the toilet more often, they would have to allow it to the rest of the staff.

In April, 2017 of the year at Amazon said they were not following employee breaks in the toilet, in response to the story of British journalist James Bloodworth. In the book he described some desperate measures that workers in the UK had to take to achieve high productivity goals.

An Amazon spokesman said the company does not comment on lawsuits pending.

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