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  • Amazon has agreed to pay $61.7 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 program. "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 misappropriated, and requires Amazon to get drivers' permission before changing its treatment of tips in the future." The settlement bars Amazon from misrepresenting driver earnings, pay or percent of tips paid to drivers, or changing its handling of tips without drivers' consent, the FTC said. Amazon is one of several e-commerce firms that have been accused of misappropriating tips while promising to give the full amounts to drivers. According to the FTC's administrative complaint, the company regularly advertised that drivers participating in the Flex program would be paid $18 to $25 per hour along with "100 percent of the tips you earn." In late 2016, the FTC alleged, Amazon shifted to a lower hourly rate without disclosing this and used the customer tips to make up the difference. This resulted in hundreds of complaints from drivers, according to the agency. The company reverted to its previous policy in August 2019 after the FTC began its investigation, according to the complaint. rl/ft
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  • Amazon to pay $61.7 mn to settle charges it withheld driver tips
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