Amazon latest to face UK complaint over ‘bogus self-employment’
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/amazon-latest-to-face-uk-complaint-over-bogus-self-employment/
Amazon is the latest tech giant to be targeted by a legal challenge in the UK related to gig economy working practices.
The UK’s GMB Union is filing suit on behalf of couriers for three delivery companies used by Amazon — accusing the suppliers of making bogus claims that the delivery drivers were self employed, and thus denying them employment rights such as the national minimum wage and holiday pay.
Amazon latest to face UK complaint over ‘bogus self-employment’
Jun 4, 2018, 11:22am UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/amazon-latest-to-face-uk-complaint-over-bogus-self-employment/
> Amazon is the latest tech giant to be targeted by a legal challenge in the UK related to gig economy working practices.
> The UK’s GMB Union is filing suit on behalf of couriers for three delivery companies used by Amazon — accusing the suppliers of making bogus claims that the delivery drivers were self employed, and thus denying them employment rights such as the national minimum wage and holiday pay.