Amazon to allow employees to work mostly from home indefinitely

Amazon is trying to get their employees back to the workplace by 2022, but with so many offices around the globe, they are leaving that decision to individual teams and their managers.

Amazon settles with 2 outspoken workers it fired last year

Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the retail giant of illegally firing them last year for speaking out against the company.

Amazon unveils 'Jetsons'-like roaming robot for the home

Amazon’s new robot can hear, see and follow you around the the home, but its no Rosey the Robot.

Amazon eyes 125K more hires, $18+ per hour average salary

Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.

Amazon to pay 100% of college tuition for its US hourly employees

Amazon will pay 100% college tuition, including books and other fees, for its 750,000 hourly employees in the United States.

Amazon says it’s looking to hire 55,000 people

Amazon said it plans to hire 55,000 people around the world, with about 40,000 of those roles in the U.S.

Amazon partners with Affirm to give shoppers buy-now-pay-later option

Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards. 

Tech exec sentenced to 2 years for $1.8 million COVID fraud

A Washington state tech executive has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in federal COVID-19 disaster relief loans.

Amazon to mandate masks for all its workers in warehouses

Starting Monday, Amazon will be requiring all of its 900,000 U.S. warehouse workers to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.

Impact on businesses as Amazon delays return to office to 2022
video

President of the Downtown Seattle Association, Jon Scholes, talks about how more people are coming downtown and bringing back business to small local shops and restaurants.

Amazon pushes back return-to-office to January 2022

Seattle-based retail giant Amazon has delayed its return to the office for US corporate employees to January 3, 2022 as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the delta variant.

Amazon pushes back return-to-office to January 2022
video

Seattle-based retail giant Amazon has delayed its return to the office for US corporate employees to January 3, 2022.

Union: NLRB officer recommends new vote for Amazon workers

The union that tried — and failed — to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama may get a do-over.

EU regulators fine Amazon $886 million

European regulators have fined Amazon 746 million euros ($886 million) for data protection violations.

Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month

Amazon will stop testing workers for COVID-19 at its warehouses at the end of this month, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing.

Amazon to hire 100,000 veterans, military spouses
video

Amazon announced it plans to hire 100,000 veterans and military spouses by 2024. Joining Q13 News is John Quintas, Amazon's director of global military affairs, to discuss what will happen over the next two years.