Amazon has changed its PTO policy for workers forced to quarantine. The policy has shrunk to one week (or 40 hours) off, down from its initial length of 14 days.

Amazon is n’t alone in changing its policies along with the federal government. There have also been reports of sick workers across the country losing protections after the American rescue plan expired on September 30th.

The CDC’s new policy took the recommended isolation time down from ten days to five. Public health experts have said it’s supported by research, but some have expressed concern about employees who are still sick being brought back to work.

For some employees, their economic situations could force a return to work if they’re not paid to stay home, regardless of company policy about coming in sick.

Amazon does n’t have one singular directive for how its office workers will return to in-person work. Instead opting to let individual teams decide how much of their work should be remote.