A British court denied Amazon's bid to throw out sample lawsuits brought by delivery drivers.

 

A British court denied Amazon's bid to throw out sample lawsuits brought by delivery drivers.  Over 1,400 drivers who deliver Amazon parcels allege that the e-commerce giant should classify them as employees rather than as self-employed contractors. The drivers are suing Amazon through a London employment tribunal in a bid to gain employment rights, including minimum wage and holiday pay. Amazon applied to have the allegations thrown out last month on the grounds that it has no contractual relationship with the drivers. The tribunal rejected Amazon's application on Monday and ruled that the lawsuits filed against Amazon should proceed. The tribunal said that it could not be certain that the drivers would be unable to prove that they have a "worker relationship" with Amazon.