Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Who Do You Work For? $200 million Lawsuit.

Amazon Canada is facing a multi-million dollar law suit which claims that its huge network of subcontracted delivery drivers are Amazon employees who have not received the wages owing them. 

The lawsuit seeks $200 million in damages and was filed on June 26 on behalf of more than 2,500 drivers employed by courier companies contracted by Amazon to deliver their parcels. The suit says that despite the use of intermediaries, Amazon retains effective control over those drivers and is their true employer. The class, (no pun intended), action alleges the drivers routinely failed to receive payment for their hours worked, overtime pay, vacation pay and meal breaks. A spokesperson for the company said, ''We disagree with the allegations and expect to fully disprove them.'' 

Of course, how can 2,500 drivers be right?, how ridiculous can it get? 

It isn't the first time a company has tried to cheat sub-contracted workers on the basis of them, ''Not really being our employees.'' Wonder why Amazon are being so chintzy?, maybe they ain't making much of o’profit!

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