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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc agreed to pay more than $61.7 million to settle allegations it cheated Amazon Flex drivers out of nearly one-third of tips from customers for more than two years, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The money paid to the FTC will be used to compensate drivers, t...

Washington: Amazon has agreed to pay $61.7 million (Dh226 million) to settle charges it withheld tips from its independent delivery drivers over two-and-a-half years, US officials said Tuesday. The US Federal Trade Commission said the agreement settles a complaint that Amazon failed to give the full tip amounts to drivers in its Amazon Flex programme. "Rather than passing along 100 per cent of customers tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself," said Daniel Kaufm...

Internet giant Amazon is forking over nearly $62 million in order to settle a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission that it did not pay drivers over two and a hanlf years. “Rather than passing along 100 percent of customers’ tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself,” said Daniel Kaufman, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Our action today returns to drivers the tens of millions of dollars in tips that Amazon misappropriate...

Amazon to pay $61.7M to settle FTC charges it withheld tips from Flex drivers The e-commerce giant is paying up over charges it did not pay out customer tips to drivers for Amazon Prime Now and Fresh. Listen - 02:45 Drivers for Amazon Prime Now and Fresh may have had some tips withheld by the e-commerce giant.  Sarah Tew/CNET Amazon will pay more than $61.7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission ch...

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips According to a Federal Trade Commission complaint, Amazon changed its tip-dipping practice after learning it was under investigation by the FTC. By Johana BhuiyanLos Angeles Times (Tribune News Service) Share Amazon will pay more than $61.7 million to Flex drivers from whom it withheld the full amount of customer tips to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation. Amazon is paying nearly $62 million to settle charge...

Amazon Stiffs Drivers $62 Million in Tips 2 months ago The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced Amazon is settling to the tune of $61.7 million for tips it withheld from drivers. As part fo the Amazon Flex program, drivers were promised $18–25 per hour for making deliveries. In addition, ads recruiting Flex drivers routinely said: “You will receive 100% of the tips you earn while delivering with Amazon Flex.” Amazon also assured customers that any tips they gave would go straig...

Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Amazon will pay $61.7 million in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that the company used customer tips to subsidize the guaranteed hourly wages of some delivery drivers, after recruiting the gig workers with promises of $18 to $25 hourly pay plus all customer tips. The FTC sa...

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle charges of withholding tips from delivery drivers tlevin@businessinsider.com (Tim Levin) © Pascal Rossignol/Reuters The settlement will be used to pay back drivers who lost tips. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Amazon will pay nearly $62 million to settle federal charges that it withheld tips from delivery drivers.  The Federal Trade Commission said Amazon didnt pay 100% of customer tips to drivers, as it had promised.  "While we disagree th...

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