
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.