Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a comment from Amazon.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin filed a civil rights complaint Wednesday against e-commerce behemoth Amazon . The company — the largest employer in New Jersey and one of the largest in the world — is accused of discriminating against pregnant workers and workers with disabilities.

Platkin filed the suit jointly with Yolanda N. Melville, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, in New Jersey Superior Court. It accuses Amazon of systematically violating the civil rights of pregnant workers and workers with disabilities at warehouses across New Jersey.

The Division on Civil Rights , discovered the unlawful conduct during an investigation that was launched after receiving numerous complaints about the

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