December 19, 2022
Amazon delivery drivers for whom a Florida federal court approved a nearly $1 million settlement of overtime pay claims appealed the court's refusal to approve $10,000 service award payments for the three lead plaintiffs to the Eleventh Circuit.
November 21, 2022
The workers leading a lawsuit alleging Amazon and third-party delivery contractors failed to pay drivers overtime can't get $10,000 each as part of the deal ending the suit, a Florida federal judge ruled, saying an Eleventh Circuit decision halts such awards.
August 11, 2022
The creative ways in which judges have been complying with the Eleventh Circuit's groundbreaking ban on incentive payments for the lead plaintiff in a class action settlement are only going to continue now that the appeals court has refused to revisit its holding.
April 29, 2022
A Florida federal judge granted a group of workers preliminary approval on a $956,000 settlement with Amazon and third-party delivery contractors to resolve an overtime collective action, while deferring judgment on liability release payments for the named plaintiffs.
March 24, 2022
Amazon and a group of workers asked a Florida federal court to shoot down a magistrate judge's recommendation that three lead plaintiffs' liability release deals be denied, arguing the contracts do not unfairly compensate some collective members over others.
March 10, 2022
Amazon and five of its delivery providers snagged partial approval of a nearly $956,000 deal ending a suit claiming the companies failed to pay delivery associates overtime, but a Florida federal judge said an Eleventh Circuit decision looms over the lead plaintiffs' awards.
December 20, 2021
Amazon and five of its delivery providers have agreed to pay $955,700 to thousands of delivery providers, aiming to end a proposed collective action alleging the companies failed to pay them overtime.