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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 that rely heavily on their services.

It follows similar cases by Uber drivers in the US and UK and the recent judgment in a case brought by London cycle couriers against express operator CityLink.

Amazon filed its opposition to ...