Amazon is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, alleging the company enforces a “punitive” and intimidating policy regarding workplace absences for its warehouse employees with disabilities in New York. The lawsuit claims that when employees request accommodations for disabilities and are told to stay home, Amazon docks their unpaid time off and then threatens them with termination for accumulating too much missed work. The legal action, brought with the help of workplace advocacy group A Better Balance, seeks damages for hourly warehouse workers in the state over the last three years. This follows a separate lawsuit filed weeks prior by the New Jersey Attorney General concerning similar issues of denying reasonable accommodation for pregnant and disabled workers, which Amazon has denied. There is no specific market reaction analysis available regarding this lawsuit yet. The news highlights ongoing scrutiny of Amazon's labor policies and could lead to significant legal costs and pressure to alter its absence control system. The complaint alleges these practices discourage employees from exercising their legal rights to reasonable accommodation.