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Amazon, facing suit over use of driver tips, launches driver tipping feature

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-facing-suit-over-use-of-driver-tips-launches-driver-tipping-feature

Uber reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with city of Chicago

Having previously taken aim at DoorDash and Grubhub, but to no avail, the city of Chicago finally got a win this week.

On Monday, the Office of the Mayor of Chicago announced the city had reached a massive settlement with Uber (NYSE: UBER) platforms Uber Eats and Postmates. Uber will pay out a total of about $10 million, which includes around $3.3 million the company repaid merchants in 2021.

Lawmakers accused the food delivery platform of charging restaurants excessive fees during the pandemic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-reaches-multimillion-dollar-settlement-with-city-of-chicago

Amazon sued for removing free Whole Foods delivery from Prime

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Amazon may have poked a sleeping bear when it ended free Whole Foods delivery on Prime last September. A pair of class-action lawsuits are threatening to force the marketplace to refund potentially thousands of Prime customers for removing the service and tacking on a $9.95 service fee.

One suit filed in a Washington court in late May alleges that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) “engaged in unfair business practices” by not reducing the cost of its Prime subscription or issuing refunds after ending free...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-sued-for-removing-free-whole-foods-delivery-from-prime

Navistar sued over data breach affecting thousands

A Navistar International truck travels on a road, illustrating an article about a lawsuit over a data breach at the company.

Heavy truck and military vehicle manufacturer Navistar is facing a lawsuit over a data breach in May that may have exposed sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of current and former employees and health plan participants.

Lawyers representing Thomas Kalbrier, a former Navistar engineer, and Cherrie Kalbrier, a company health plan participant, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Oct. 1 alleging that the company negligently stored personal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-sued-over-data-breach-affecting-thousands

EEOC sues 2 trucking companies, alleging disability discrimination

Two trucking companies violated federal law by discriminating against people with disabilities, according to separate lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Atlanta-based Pilot Freight Services fired its international manager because of his cancer diagnosis, alleges an EEOC lawsuit filed Friday.

Pilot Freight Services is a global transportation and logistics provider with 96 locations in North America, as well as operations in Europe and Asia. Pilot has an internal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/eeoc-sues-trucking-companies-alleging-disability-discrimination

Air Force One supplier laying off 223 after losing Boeing contract

GDC Technics is cutting 223 jobs in San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas, after the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) recently sued the company for being behind schedule on two Air Force One aircraft.

Brad Forman, CEO of GDC Technics, said the company is permanently closing its San Antonio plant where most of the work on Air Force One was done. 

“It is anticipated that most operations at the Fort Worth facility will cease and that the San Antonio facility will close due to the sudden and unexpected termination...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-force-one-supplier-laying-off-223

Protect against employment-related lawsuits now

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In recent years, lawsuits against motor carriers have not only increased in frequency but also in bite. This should come as no surprise as headlines blaring multi-million dollar settlements have become newsflashes almost weekly. 

Research by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently shed light on lawsuits resulting from “nuclear verdicts.” It reported that from 2012 to 2019, there were 265 cases with verdicts over $1 million, representing an increase of 335%. Additionally,...

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