November 12, 2024
Amazon is harassing delivery drivers with an overly broad request for documents, including a decade's worth of tax returns and cellphone records, and its request should be tailored to reflect that many claims in an 8-year-old lawsuit were recently nixed, the workers told a Washington federal court.
October 25, 2024
Amazon said that 17 named plaintiffs in an eight-year suit accusing the online retail giant of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors failed to meet discovery demands, urging a Washington federal judge to order them to fulfill the requests within 10 days.
September 20, 2024
A Washington federal judge on Friday threw out multiple claims from 19 delivery drivers in an 8-year-old lawsuit alleging Amazon misclassified them as independent contractors and shorted them on wages, saying many of the workers failed to show that their wages dipped below state and federal standards.
July 22, 2024
Delivery drivers accusing Amazon of misclassifying them as independent contractors urged a Washington federal judge not to grant the e-commerce giant's bid to toss the eight-year-old suit, saying their claims are solid enough for this stage of the litigation to continue.
July 15, 2024
Amazon properly moved to arbitrate in districts where drivers accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors agreed to arbitrate their claims, the company told a Washington federal judge, urging the court to deny the workers' request for an injunction.
June 17, 2024
Amazon urged a Washington federal judge to toss claims in a long-running, recently reopened lawsuit alleging the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors, saying the workers still had not provided any concrete evidence to support their claims.
May 06, 2024
Two related long-running lawsuits claiming Amazon misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees will likely resume after a Washington federal judge said lifting a stay would be appropriate in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear two matters that might have impacted the misclassification cases.
December 11, 2023
A Washington federal judge agreed with Amazon Monday that a group of delivery drivers' wage suit should remain frozen because the U.S. Supreme Court is still considering whether to hear two cases that could dictate if the drivers fall under the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for interstate transportation workers.
November 14, 2023
Amazon is pushing for a suit brought in Washington federal court by a group of delivery drivers to remain on pause so the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to address an appellate court split over whether the drivers fall under the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for interstate transportation workers.
October 17, 2023
Amazon Flex drivers asked a Washington federal judge to lift a stay on their wage suit, saying the Ninth Circuit has since ruled in favor of workers in two related cases that had precipitated the pause and that there is no reason to further delay the already drawn-out litigation.