Amazon Prime Now Delivery Drivers Sue Over Classification As Contractors (itworld.com)

itwbennett writes: A proposed class-action suit filed by 4 delivery drivers for the app-based Amazon Prime Now service alleges that the company misclassifies its workers as contractors when the terms the drivers follow 'fit many of the hallmarks that would classify them as employees,' according to Leonard Carder, the law firm representing the drivers. Among those terms: The drivers reported to and worked exclusively out of an Amazon warehouse, were scheduled to work fixed shifts during Amazon's Prime Now service hours, and were required to wear shirts and hats bearing the Amazon Prime Now logo and carry a smartphone preloaded with the app, according to the complaint.

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Re:What's next, Amazon?

[cayenne8]

Geez, WTF is up with people?

If you didn't like the terms of the job....DON"T FUCKING TAKE THE JOB....?!?

I mean, we're all grown adults...you read the writing before you sign the dotted line...so, why get the job and then decide to sue?

This ruins things for all the people that DO like and prefer the contractor paradigm. Shit like this makes it harder for those that DO want to be contractors to get jobs, due to potential contract employers are afraid of sue happy idiots.

It is just fine if you don't want to work contracting....just don't, there are plenty of other jobs to be had and no one is holding a gun to your head to work for this employer. Why sign up and sue rather than just go somewhere else that hires you as a W2 user?