Amazon will pay nearly $62 million to settle federal charges that it withheld tips from delivery drivers.
"While we disagree that the historical way we reported pay to drivers was unclear, we added additional clarity in 2019 and are pleased to put this matter behind us," an Amazon spokesperson told Insider on Tuesday.Amazon will pay more than $61.
The agency alleges that in late 2016, Amazon lowered the hourly rate it paid drivers and used customer tips to make up the difference. Amazon didn't notify drivers of the change, the FTC said. Amazon, for its part, disputes that it ever sought to misrepresent how much it was paying Flex drivers.
I use cash to tip as much as possible. A couple of years ago, Whole Foods tried to get me to tip more for a delivery. I later found out the more I tip, the less they have to pay the delivery driver since they had a 'guaranteed wage'. So I don't have food delivered from WH.
That's not even a dent in Jeff Bezos wallet.
something tells me that they can afford to do this
$61.7M is pennies in comparison to Jeff Bezos’s net worth and Amazon’s market capitalization.
Wow