Thousands of Amazon Drivers File Arbitration Claims for Unpaid Wages, Other Losses June 14, 2024 By Haleluya Hadero Thousands of delivery drivers filed legal claims against Amazon, alleging the company’s classification of them as independent contractors instead of...
$1.3B U.K. Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Misusing Small Sellers’ Data June 6, 2024 By Sam Tobin Amazon is facing a one billion-pound ($1.3 billion) collective lawsuit from British retailers who allege that the online marketplace misused...
FTC Sends $5.6M to Ring Customers as Part of Privacy Settlement April 29, 2024 By Wyatte Grantham-Philips The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with...
Amazon Staff Allege Retaliation in Pay Gap Discrimination Suit February 12, 2024 By Kelsey Butler and Matt Day Amazon.com Inc. allegedly retaliated against three female employees — including firing one and placing another on a performance plan —...
Amazon Rolls Out Robotic System at Houston Warehouse to Speed up Deliveries October 18, 2023 Amazon.com said on Wednesday it was using a robotic system at one of its Houston warehouses to improve inventory management...
Amazon to Pay $31 Million in Privacy Violation Penalties for Alexa Voice Assistant and Ring Camera June 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) – Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it...
Amazon Worker Injuries Dip Last Year, but Higher than 2020 April 14, 2023 By Haleluya Hadero NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s total injury rate for warehouse workers took a dip last year, but injuries were still...
Amazon to Make Big Business Changes in EU Settlement December 21, 2022 By Kelvin Chan and Haleluya Hadero Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible...
Judges Leery of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims November 30, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O fired New York warehouse worker...
Number of Brazil Amazon Fires Hits Five-Year High in August September 2, 2022 By Fabiano Maisonnave MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly...