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Fri Feb 7, 2025, 03:00 PM Feb 2025

Amazon to pay nearly $4M to settle lawsuit alleging it took tips from drivers [View all]

Amazon to pay nearly $4M to settle lawsuit alleging it took tips from drivers

The Associated Press
February 7, 2025, 1:02 PM

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said Friday.

The settlement came four years after Amazon forked over $61.7 million to resolve a complaint the Federal Trade Commission brought over similar accusations.

In 2022, the office of DC’s attorney general at the time followed up with a lawsuit alleging Amazon violated the District’s consumer protection laws by misleading residents about how tips paid digitally were used.

According to the lawsuit, the affected drivers were part of Amazon’s Flex business, which allows people to deliver Amazon packages with their own cars.

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