- According to a Bloomberg report, Amazon has advised its delivery partners to stop screening potential drivers who smoke marijuana.
- According to a Bloomberg report, Amazon said that the abandonment of marijuana testing has increased job applications by 400%.
- Amazon says that testing cannabis applicants has a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
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Amazon has advised the husband-and-wife company that operates its blue delivery van to tell potential drivers that they will not be screened for marijuana use. Bloomberg Reported on Wednesday.
The direction of the e-commerce giant is right Shortage of drivers This has led to disruptions in the US supply chain, retailers and mail services.
Bloomberg saw that Amazon stated in communications with its delivery partners that waiving the cannabis test could increase job applications by as much as 400%. Bloomberg said that Amazon did not explain how it calculated this number.
According to a Bloomberg report, Amazon said in the letter that it has reduced the number of job applications for screening potential drivers by 30%.
One of Amazon’s delivery partners seemed dissatisfied with this suggestion.
An anonymous partner told Bloomberg: “If one of my drivers crashed and died and tested positive for marijuana, that’s my problem, not Amazon’s problem.”
Another said that marijuana was the main reason for expectation driver The drug test failed, but since they stopped screening, they have taken more drivers into the car.
Some delivery partners told Bloomberg that they are concerned about insurance and legal risks in states that still criminalize marijuana. Others said they were worried that drivers might smoke marijuana before going to work.
Amazon did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg that testing cannabis applicants has a disproportionate impact on communities of color, which hinders job growth. They also said that Amazon employees who are “damaged” in the workplace will face serious consequences.
She said: “If a delivery person is affected at work and tests positive after an accident or due to reasonable suspicion, that person will no longer be allowed to provide services to Amazon.”
Amazon announced in June that it Stop drug testing on marijuana For any position not supervised by the Ministry of Transportation. The retail giant said it supports legislation to legalize marijuana in the U.S. federal government.
America is facing Severe shortage of workers, Including being a truck driver, may last for several months, U.S. Federal Reserve Said June.
