Warehouse Worker Protection: Quotas, Paid Breaks, and Safety Standards.
This legislation establishes strict new rules for performance quotas and employee monitoring in warehouses and distribution centers. Workers gain the right to full transparency regarding how their performance is measured and monitored, including access to their individual work speed data. Crucially, the Act mandates paid rest breaks and requires employers to implement new safety standards to prevent common workplace injuries.
Key points
Transparency and Data Access: Employers must provide written details of all performance quotas, monitoring methods (including surveillance technology), and give employees copies of their individual work speed data upon request.
Prohibited Quotas: Quotas cannot interfere with legally required breaks (including bathroom use), violate safety rules, or be based solely on continuous measurement of non-task time in short intervals.
Mandatory Paid Breaks: Guarantees at least one 15-minute paid rest break for every 4 hours worked, with strong protections against retaliation for taking these breaks.
Enhanced Safety: Requires the creation of new OSHA standards focused on ergonomics to prevent musculoskeletal disorders and mandates immediate medical referral for injured workers.
Stronger Enforcement: Creates a new federal office to enforce these rules, imposes high penalties for violations, and limits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements for related claims.
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