El INkantolo Ephakeme yase-United States ulivumile icala elethuliwe ngokumelene ne-Amazon ngemikhuba emibi yabasebenzi. Siphambi kwenkantolo ephakeme kakhulu yobulungiswa baseMelika, egxambukela ezindabeni ezimbalwa kakhulu unyaka wonke. Abasebenzi bakugxekile lokho inkampani kuphoqeleke ukuthi aseshwe lapho kuphuma khona izimpahla ukulahlekelwa inani isikhathi abangakhokhelwa.
Ukungqubuzana kuqale kwenye yezindawo zokugcina izimpahla ezinkulu lapho i-Amazon ihlukanisa futhi isabalalise ama-oda ayo. Ikakhulukazi, eyodwa etholakala eSifundazweni SaseNevada, lapho ifemu yaseSeattle yayiqashe abasebenzi betoho ngenkampani enenkontileka ebizwa ngokuthi i-Integrity Staffing Solutions.
Abasebenzi baphoqeleke ukuthi bangene kulayini wokungena ukubona ukuthi imikhiqizo noma izinto zebiwe yini ukuthi inkampani izigcina ezinqolobaneni zayo. Ukulinda kwakuthatha imizuzu engaphezu kuka-30 abasebenzi befuna ukukhokhelwa ngaleso sikhathi ababengavumelananga ngaso enkontilekeni yabo.
I-Amazon akuyona ukuphela kwenkampani eyenza amasheke phakathi kwabasebenzi bayo. I-Apple ibivele isenkantolo ehlobo eledlule ngoba ibihlola abasebenzi bezitolo ezithile ze-Apple izikhathi ezimbili ngosuku.
Le mikhuba namacala alandelayo abawadalayo ayijwayelekile kweminye imikhakha lapho kunezinyunyana ezihleliwe ezixoxisana nezinkampani. Kodwa emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe abukho ubulungu bezinyunyana kanye nezinhlangano zabasebenzi ezizenzakalelayo okufanele zidlule ezinkantolo ukuze ziqinise amalungelo azo.
I-Amazon izifihla eqinisweni lokuthi ngokomthetho weFederal Law on Fair Labor Standards (FLSA) lezo zikhathi zokulinda ezijwayelekile ezinhlotsheni eziningi zomsebenzi njengokungena ngemvume, ukupaka endaweni yokupaka yenkampani, ukulinda ukuthola inkokhelo kanye nesethi yezinqubo zokuphepha. ukubandakanyeka ekungeneni emsebenzini akukaze kubhekwe njengenkokhelo.
Akukhona okokuqala bebikwa
Le nqubo yezomthetho emelene nabadali be-Kindle Fire yaqala ngo-2010, isidlule emazingeni ahlukahlukene ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa lwaseMelika yaze yafika eNkantolo Ephakeme.
Inkampani kaJeff Bezos isivele ihlobene nemikhuba emibi yezisebenzi ngezinye izikhathi, izikhalazo zezimo ezinzima zezinkulungwane zabasebenzi ezikhungweni zayo zokugcina izimpahla eJalimane yizona ezidonse ukunaka okukhulu ezweni lakithi.
Umthombo: I-Reuters