March 07, 2025
A Washington federal judge refused to grant an Amazon delivery driver's request to allow Massachusetts' top court to weigh in on his case, saying the worker's plea came only after the court nixed his bid for class certification and thus arrived too late.
January 28, 2025
Amazon said a delivery driver missed his chance to seek clarity on whether Massachusetts state wage law requires employers to compensate employees for work-related expenses, urging a Washington federal judge to pass on asking the Bay State's top court to weigh in.
January 02, 2025
A Washington federal judge refused to greenlight a class in a seven-year-long suit accusing Amazon of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, ruling that the class would unfairly group together workers who took different approaches to the flexibility of the job.
September 04, 2024
Amazon urged a Washington federal court to reject class certification in a delivery driver's lawsuit alleging he was misclassified as an independent contractor, saying there are too many differences among these drivers to warrant class treatment.
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.
March 21, 2023
Amazon Flex drivers steering a class action accusing the company of wrongly classifying them as independent contractors rather than full employees told a Washington federal judge their suit should not be combined with three other similar suits, saying two are "copycat" lawsuits and the other should proceed in tandem.
February 15, 2023
A Washington federal judge stayed an Amazon driver's misclassification suit pending two Ninth Circuit decisions regarding whether drivers engaged in interstate commerce are not bound to arbitrate their claims under federal law.
January 14, 2022
Amazon has been citing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to consider federal arbitration law this term in requests to pause its own wage and hour cases, highlighting motions for a stay as an option defense counsel may consider.
December 16, 2021
Amazon urged a Washington federal judge to stay a suit alleging the company misclassified drivers for its Flex service as independent contractors, saying a U.S. Supreme Court case weighing Federal Arbitration Act exemptions could have an impact.