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!
S.P.C. Members.
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