Comment / Amazon court ruling threatens 3PL contractor model – billions at stake

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Amazon recently lost its bid to halt National Labor Relations Board proceedings examining whether it’s a joint employer with the delivery service partners (DSPs) that bring packages to your door.

Background 

The Ninth Circuit’s 29 December decision keeps alive a legal process that could blow apart not just Amazon’s carefully constructed labor model, but the contractor playbook underpinning much of the third-party logistics industry.

The immediate case involves Battle Tested Strategies (BTS), a DSP operating out of Amazon’s Palmdale, California ...