With COVID-19 cases racking up, a local New Jersey health official hopes Amazon will extend its unlimited time off policy beyond its planned end on April 30

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• The Amazon fulfillment center in Edison, New Jersey, about 30 miles outside New York City, saw its first case of COVID-19 on March 25. A local health official thinks the number is now around 50, although Amazon disputes that.
• Amazon reminded employees in an email on Tuesday that it is ending its policy of unlimited, unpaid time off, meaning workers who are afraid to show up to facilities with coronavirus cases could be terminated.
• Jay Elliot, the top public health official in Edison, told Business Insider that Amazon's decision to rescind its policy of unlimited time off is "a real concern."
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An Amazon warehouse outside New York City has seen dozens of COVID-19 cases among its workforce, the head of the local health department told Business Insider on Tuesday, urging the company to extend its policy of allowing workers to stay home if they feel unsafe.

The online retailer's policy of unlimited unpaid time off will end on April 30, as Business Insider reported last week. Indeed, on Tuesday, Amazon formally communicated to employees that it was ending that particular response to the pandemic, originally introduced in March and later extended through the end of April.

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