A group of Amazon drivers who are part of the company’s Flex program have been affirmed by Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to be employees rather than independent contractors.
The state’s highest court on Wednesday declined to review an appeals court decision from last April that overturned a lower court decision.
A court in Waukesha County had ruled in favor of Amazon (NYSE: AMZN), which argued that its Flex drivers were independent contractors under state regulations. The Court of Appeals for...
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Amazon this week revealed a new way for customers to thank their delivery drivers — but those drivers could be due for an apology too.
On Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) rolled out a feature that will give delivery drivers an additional $5 when a customer tells his or her Alexa device, “Alexa, thank my driver.”
Amazon — not the customer — will make the payment to the driver who delivered that customer’s most recent package. The feature will apply to the first million thank-you’s, and the five...
Amazon since late last year has been piloting a service that uses Amazon Flex gig drivers to pick up and deliver packages from local malls, according to several reports.
The as yet unnamed service has been running behind the scenes in Las Vegas, Chandler, Arizona, and Tysons Corner, Virginia, Amazon Flex drivers told Bloomberg.
“Amazon Flex is testing a new offer type near you,” Amazon said in a notice to Flex drivers in Las Vegas. “Retail delivery offers will allow you to pick up and deliver...
Third-party food delivery services like Uber Eats and DoorDash have become a part of the fabric of the U.S., with well over 100 million users placing orders on the apps last year. But those companies have begun to realize that delivering from restaurants and convenience stores is just the tip of the iceberg.
Grocery delivery has long been seen as the domain of Instacart and Walmart, but more and more food delivery platforms are experimenting with the service. Take, for example, Uber (NYSE: UBER),...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-is-about-to-shake-up-grocery-delivery
As gig economy companies like Uber continue to bring in more money and users, the rising tide has not lifted all boats.
In the last quarter, rideshare and food delivery companies raked in the revenue: Uber brought in nearly $4 billion; DoorDash accrued $1.24 billion; Just Eat Takeaway, which owns Grubhub, made $884 million; and Lyft generated $765 million. But where is that money going?
According to Matt Spoke, CEO of gig economy fintech provider Moves Financial, a lot of it is being spent on...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/this-company-is-turning-gig-workers-into-gig-economy-shareholders
An exemption for local delivery companies – including food delivery platforms and Amazon Flex drivers – from regulations generally used to regulate trucking companies in the state of Oklahoma has been signed into law.
The bill, the Oklahoma Courier Application Services Act, was proposed by Republican Sen. Micheal Bergstrom. It passed both chambers in Oklahoma and was signed by Gov. Kevin Still earlier this month. The law goes into effect Nov. 1.
“Delivery services like Uber Eats, DoorDash,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/oklahoma-law-exempts-delivery-services-from-trucking-regulations
Amazon has lost another case in which it tried to compel dissatisfied workers into arbitration rather than litigation, with Amazon Flex drivers again at the heart of the dispute.
Just a few weeks after a New Jersey state case that held an AmFlex driver couldn’t be forced into arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, there is now another federal court case that says much the same thing. In the decision handed down Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit echoed the New...
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, fleets looking for excess insurance coverage are paying handsomely for it — if they can even find it. Plus, Landstar sees good times ahead, Waymo plans to test autonomous vehicles in the last mile, and Nikola breaks ground on a new manufacturing plant.
If you want excess insurance, you will pay for itMany fleets turn to excess insurance to provide additional protection against claims beyond what...