News / Amazon hits back as delivery drivers claim they are legally employees

26/01/2017

Amazon has responded to a class action by a group of independent delivery drivers claiming they be reclassified as permanent staff and are due compensation for unpaid overtime and business expenses.

The case, launched in October, represents another front in the battle between self-employed workers and e-commerce firms ...

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