Amazon apology after breastfeeding boss barred from business course

Amazon apologized after a founder participating in its business accelerator was told her five-month-old breastfed baby could not be brought to a fulfilment-centre event in Fife because of site safety rules. The company said children under six are barred from fulfilment-centre sites and that the restriction had not been clearly communicated before she travelled. Amazon also said it offers paid breastfeeding breaks, flexible scheduling, and private lactation rooms, and it invited her to a future event. The incident is likely a reputational issue rather than a direct financial one, but it highlights workplace inclusion, communications, and health-and-safety policy risks for Amazon as it runs business programmes and uses industrial sites for events.