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A pistillate who says she worked arsenic a housekeeper for Jeff Bezos is suing the Amazon laminitis and companies that negociate his properties, claiming she endured "unsafe and unhealthy enactment conditions" and was taxable to radical favoritism by different staff.
Mercedes Wedaa said she was hired by Bezos' unit successful 2019 to assistance support the billionaire tech magnate's Seattle-area property. Wedaa and different housekeeping unit regularly worked betwixt 10 to 14 hours a day, and weren't fixed capable repast oregon remainder breaks, she alleged successful the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday successful King County Superior Court successful Seattle.
The suit claims determination was nary designated interruption country oregon remainder area, and nary easy accessible bathroom. Wedaa and different housekeepers were prohibited from utilizing a toilet successful a adjacent information room, which resulted successful employees climbing retired the laundry country model to entree a bathroom, according to the lawsuit, which was earlier reported by GeekWire.
The ailment alleges that Wedaa and different housekeepers often developed urinary tract infections due to the fact that they "had to walk ample parts of their time incapable to usage the toilet." Housekeeping unit besides was allegedly prohibited from entering the residence erstwhile the Bezos household was there, unless they were cleaning.
Household managers allegedly treated Wedaa and different Hispanic cleaning unit poorly, portion they were "respectful and polite" to Bezos' achromatic groundskeepers and attraction staff, the ailment states.
Wedaa claims she was yet fired from her relation aft she raised complaints astir moving conditions and discriminatory behavior.
Harry Korrell, a lawyer for Bezos and different defendants, which see Zefram and Northwestern, 2 companies that negociate his interests and properties, said Wedaa was fired for show issues.
"We person investigated the claims, and they deficiency merit," Korrell said successful an emailed statement. He said that Wedaa made implicit six figures annually and that determination were aggregate bathrooms and interruption rooms disposable for her and different staff.
Patrick McGuigan, an lawyer representing Wedaa, told CNBC successful a statement: "No leader is supra the law, not even Jeff Bezos and the organizations helium uses to find and prosecute radical to enactment for him astatine his location and astatine his different properties. Federal and authorities labour and employment laws dictate that moving radical indispensable beryllium paid for the enactment they execute and that they indispensable beryllium capable to execute their enactment successful a favoritism free, safe, sanitary, and steadfast workplace. These laws indispensable beryllium adhered to by each employers."
