From ComputerWorld: Amazon.com is using independent contractors for its Flex delivery program to ferry packages to customers, adopting a staffing method that has already attracted controversy and lawsuits.
Amazon Flex, which the company describes as its newest delivery innovation, allows individuals to be their own bosses while earning up to $25 per hour or more delivering Prime Now orders, wrote company spokeswoman Kelly Cheeseman in an email on Monday.
Prime Now uses an app to offer charged one-hour delivery and free two-hour delivery on items from Amazon and local stores.
Amazon Flex is currently active in the company's home turf Seattle and is coming soon to other cities where the retailer offers Prime Now, Cheeseman added.
The company said on its website that Amazon Flex will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland.
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