Ex-housekeeper sues Jeff Bezos, claiming discrimination

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out of a laundry room window to get to a bathroom whenever the Bezos family was at home.

In a lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle, Mercedes Wedaa, a long-time housekeeper for wealthy residents in the Seattle area including the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, claims she was discriminated and retaliated against when she complained about a lack of rest breaks or an area where staff could eat.