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> The DSPs [delivery service partners] are responsible for hiring and training drivers, dispatching routes, and maintaining vehicles, according to statements fr
by V__ 3y ago
> The DSPs [delivery service partners] are responsible for hiring and training drivers, dispatching routes, and maintaining vehicles, according to statements from Amazon previously provided to Motherboard. The actual delivery drivers, in turn, are employed by the DSP, though they work in Amazon facilities to deliver Amazon packages, and how they work, when, and how much they get paid is largely determined by terms Amazon sets with the DSP.
I understood, that whether someone is a contractor or an employee depends on the amount of control the entities have, aka “right-to-control test”. Are there similar laws/tests which apply to companies? If the DSP only works for Amazon and Amazon basically controls everything, is it really an independent company?
- toomuchtodo 3y agohttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fedex-settlement-idUSKCN0Z229Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fedex-settlement-idUSKCN0... (FedEx to settle driver lawsuits in 20 states for $240 million) (2016) > In re FedEx Ground Package System Inc Employment Practices Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, No. 3:05-MD-00527
- V__ 3y agoIs this comparable from a legal point of view, though? Those FedEx drivers were hired as contractors, while Amazon had a company as an intermediary.