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Amazon uses contractors to deliver packages to homes and even finances entrepreneurs to start delivering their goods. Now Amazon and its contractor NEA Delivery Services are in the cross-hairs of a potential federal class action lawsuit alleging that the online retail giant knew that NEA was understaffed but required the same amount of packages to be delivered on time. Thus employees had to work without meal breaks, rest periods and were denied overtime compensation. The lawsuit may have merit as the California Supreme Court just recently ruled that ride-share drivers and other freelancers must be presumed to be employees.
She claims the firms had full control over drivers' workdays and supplied their trucks. Drivers had to start and finish each shift at an Amazon warehouse, the suit said. The drivers were paid a day rate that didn't account for overtime, and Champion for "many" weeks worked more than eight hours a day and 40 hours a week with no extra pay, she alleged. Drivers "regularly" worked 10-hour days without meal breaks, the suit claimed.
She claims the firms had full control over drivers' workdays and supplied their trucks. Drivers had to start and finish each shift at an Amazon warehouse, the suit said. The drivers were paid a day rate that didn't account for overtime, and Champion for "many" weeks worked more than eight hours a day and 40 hours a week with no extra pay, she alleged. Drivers "regularly" worked 10-hour days without meal breaks, the suit claimed.