Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees :loveya:

Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-wisconsin-delivery-drivers-fafa8b40f053545159252e747b2e176b

FILE - An Amazon Prime driver makes a delivery in Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, March 26, 2024, brought by Amazon’s logistics subsidiary, which had sought to overturn a lower court's ruling that it had misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)


By SCOTT BAUER
Updated 2:20 PM CDT, March 26, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended.



That ruling found that drivers in the Amazon Flex program are a part of the state’s unemployment insurance system and entitled to jobless pay if they are laid off. The decision means an Amazon subsidiary, Amazon Logistics, will likely be hit with a tax bill of more than $200,000.

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Stephanie Bloomingdale, president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, hailed the court’s action, calling it a “win for working people.”

“Far too often, especially in the emerging gig economy, big and powerful companies like Amazon use the misclassification of employees as independent contractors to deny working people essential workplace rights like minimum wages, overtime pay, and unemployment insurance,” she said................................