Amazon was condemned by the courts for having made 2,166 delivery people work, because they were falsely independent. The e-commerce giant Amazon used the service of these workers who used their own vehicle for deliveries, when it should have paid them.
The Spanish justice condemned the e-commerce giant Amazon for having made 2,166 delivery people work as freelancers who used their own vehicle for deliveries, when it should have paid them a salary. In this judgment delivered Thursday, a Madrid court specializing in social affairs found that these workers were “false self-employed”, who should have been linked via an employment contract to the American platform.
It therefore condemned the e-commerce giant to regularize the situation of these 2,166 people by paying their social security contributions. The judgment does not specify the cost of this measure. But according to the UGT union, which initiated the legal proceedings against Amazon, it should be “ few millions » euros.
“ This is Amazon’s first conviction for its Amazon Flex model, under which delivery people were forced to work with their own vehicle to deliver packages using a company app. “, underlined the union in a press release.
The American giant said “ respect the court decision “, while emphasizing his disagreement with the analysis of the court. ” We will file an appeal “, said the group in a message sent to AFP.
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(With AFP)