The article mentions how many small delivery companies there are through which amazon gets to skirt liability and move cost savings onto working people. From A

The article mentions how many small delivery companies there are through which amazon gets to skirt liability and move cost savings onto working people. From Amazon's past behavior I would side with the drivers and delivery company owners in that it seems like an excuse for amazon to deny payment - which amazon uses as demerits & punishment, not actually bonus CA tried to do this for individual contractors but I think we should think about having legislation tackle these cutouts which are ostensibly a part of the company. I'm sure there are lots of edge cases I'm missing, like maybe franchises. but if there is no difference in how a contracting company operates - besides forcing cost savings from bad labor, safety, & liability practices unto working people and small business owners - it shouldn't be allowed. Heck, an easy test is when you present your vans to the public branded as the parent company AND force those independent delivery company employees - who do not actually work for you - to dress like and follow policies as if they did.