Amazon Workplace Policies
For safety reasons, employees in Amazon operations must keep this body part tied up or pinned so it doesn't hang past the top of the shoulders.
What is hair?
This Amazon education benefit has no lifetime maximum as long as the employee remains eligible and employed by the company
What is Career Choice?
Under Amazon's temporary closure policy, a site shutdown must exceed this many hours to qualify for pay, while a partial closure must exceed 24 hours
What is 2 hours?
Based on Sally's example in the policy, with polls open 6:00 AM - 6:30 PM and her shift from 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM, she receives this specific amount of paid time off to vote.
What is one hour? (To ensure she has two consecutive hours available)
This specific team can submit reinstatement requests for blue or white badge employees only in cases related to this particular reason, while all other teams are restricted from doing so.
Who is the Disability and Leave Services (DLS) Team, and what are LOA (Leave of Absence) related requests?
These three groups, along with managers, are considered to be in "positions of influence or authority" and must report consensual relationships at Amazon.
What are Human Resources, Safety, and Loss Prevention?
At Amazon, these 4 groups are considered "high risk" and especially encouraged to get flu protection
Who are young children, pregnant women, older adults, and people with chronic medical conditions?
During an Amazon site closure, employees scheduled for this type of shift will still be paid, but with advance notice these shifts will be cancelled
What is VET (Voluntary Extra Time)?
Amazon employees have this many days after receiving disciplinary action to file an appeal through A to Z.
What is 7 calendar days?
This federal act requires employers to provide complete details to states or face penalties, and prohibits them from omitting information to ensure benefits are awarded.
What is the UI Integrity Act?
These 5 types of family members, including step-siblings and domestic partners, qualify as "immediate family" under Amazon's bereavement leave policy.
Who are spouses, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings?
These 3 types of insurance discounts are bundled together as a benefit for all Amazon employee classes
What are home, auto, and pet insurance?
To avoid being taxable, an employee gift at Amazon must meet all 5 criteria of this IRS classification, including being infrequent and having a value under $100
What is De Minimis?
Under Amazon's hardship policy, employees can receive this maximum number of schedule adjustments per year, not exceeding this many total days.
What are 2 adjustments and 60 days?
According to Amazon's Fitness for Duty policy, an incident falls into Category 1 when it meets these 2 specific criteria: this type of issue causing a significant threat, and evidence suggesting this underlying cause.
What is a behavioral/conduct issue, and what is a medical or mental health condition?
Amazon prohibits employees from doing this with literature or materials in working areas at any time, unless it's necessary for their job
What is distribution?
Amazon employees and their families can access this support service, EAP, starting on this specific day
What is their first day of employment?
This monthly form, completed between the 1st and 15th, helps create a common language around gaps in associate experience and requires separate submissions for co-located sites.
What is the Experience Signal Form?
Full-time and reduced-time Amazon employees get this many weeks of pre-partum leave at 100% pay before their expected delivery date.
What is 4 weeks?
When notifying Amazon's Bereavement Support Team about an employee death, emails must be marked with these two specific designations.
What are "Confidential" and "Action Required"?
These 3 elements must all be present for a solicitation to be allowed at Amazon: It must be company-sponsored or approved, be for this department's activities/benefits or charitable causes, and receive this department's prior approval
What are company activities, Human Resources, and Human Resources approval?
These 4 areas of support are provided by Amazon's EAP, including one that offers free phone consultations about retirement and debt
What are mental health support, major life events, everyday living, and financial matters?
At Amazon, if you want to reward employees for meeting specific goals, this alternative method using chance must involve less than 10% of participants winning
What is a random drawing? (or What is a raffle?)
An acceptable receipt for lost, stolen, or damaged work authorization documents is valid for this many days, and refugee admission stamps are valid for this same time period.
What is 90 days?
Under Amazon's attendance policy, points expire after this many days, and accumulating this many points in that period can lead to termination.
What is 60 days and 8 points?