Amazon has been ordered to limit French deliveries to essential goods only within 24 hours to allow for a deeper assessment of coronavirus risks ...
PARIS: Amazon has been ordered to limit French deliveries to essential goods only within 24 hours to allow for a deeper assessment of coronavirus risks at its sites in the country, trade union Sud said on Tuesday .
The basic goods Amazon will be allowed to ship include food and hygiene products or medical items, Sud said after receiving the ruling by the Nanterre court just outside Paris. Amazon had already restricted the scope of products to be given priority in its warehouses in several countries, including France, though these still included items such as books.The Amazon website was also receiving many orders for craft kits or home-improvement goods during France's broad lockdown to contain the coronavirus. Some employees said that, in recent weeks, they were packing video games and sex toys.
Workers have clashed with Amazon in France and elsewhere over the extent to which protective guidelines are implemented.
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