Drivers are regularly expected to deliver up to 300 packages in a 10-hour shift, a regime that a 2017 class-action lawsuit against Amazon said left drivers in Washington state little time to take legally mandated breaks. Amazon and delivery service contractors recently settled that suit for $8.2...
Drivers are regularly expected to deliver up to 300 packages in a 10-hour shift, a regimen that a 2017 class-action lawsuit against Amazon said left drivers in Washington state little time to take legally mandated breaks. Amazon and delivery service contractors recently settled t...
A Vice report shows that some delivery companies contracted with Amazon ask their driver to turn off the retailer’s safety monitoring app in order to get their deliveries done faster.
Amazon delivery drivers are taxed as independent contractors. Therefore, you have to pay your taxes. You will receive 1099 tax information to use on your tax return.When Can Amazon Flex Deactivate Your Account?Below are several reasons why Amazon Flex could deactivate your account....
Still, no one in the industry doubts that the Bezos juggernaut will be a major deployer of unmanned ground robots in the near future. By taking cars off roads, developers of last-mile delivery robots tout environmental and standard of living benefits to their technology. And as companies like...
Route optimization:Optimal routes for delivery drivers are derived from the data aggregated across customers, drivers, connected vehicles, weather forecasts, traffic monitoring systems, digital and satellite maps. Fleet planning:Amazon?s fleet management system calculates how many drivers are needed at any...
Thousands of delivery drivers who work for Amazon third-party contractors are now on strike,The New York Timesreports. The workers are striking after “Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,” according toa ...
Amazon has partnered with local Delivery Service Partners (DSPs), independent delivery organizations that help Amazon deliver thousands of packages to customers every day. DSP delivery drivers are employed by individual DSPs (not Amazon). Each DSP is independently responsible for the hiring, performanc...
Amazon declined to comment on the training of its delivery drivers, though it claims they all know not to enter customers' homes. A training video instructs Amazon delivery drivers to leave packages in a "safe place protected from weather and not visible from the street." Drivers are told to...
Amazon has somewhere close to 275,000 delivery drivers who take packages from its distribution centers to customers’ front doors. Understandably, Amazon exerts tremendous control over how those drivers operate, how they dress, what they drive, and how they are paid. It sets polic...