Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That Amazon Flex Program Drivers Are Employees

Amazon could now face a bill of more than $200,000 in delinquent taxes.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Ruling That Amazon Flex Program Drivers Are Employees
An Amazon delivery worker sorts packages out for delivery in the financial district of New York City, on October 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
|Updated:
0:00

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on March 26 dismissed an appeal from Amazon arguing that the e-commerce giant can classify its delivery drivers as independent contractors.

The unanimous decision by the high court let stand a lower court ruling from April 2023 that found some delivery drivers in the Amazon Flex program were employees for purposes of unemployment insurance taxation—as the state Labor and Industry Review Commission argued—and not independent contractors as the online retail giant contended.

Katabella Roberts
Katabella Roberts
Author
Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.