Amazon drives coach and horses through its own zero-hours rules
AMAZON ignored its own rules by hiring thousands of agency workers on zero-hour contracts — which left many struggling to recoup unpaid wages, a major investigation has revealed.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) uncovered a sordid trail of agency workers left in debt and shifts cancelled without notice, as the online retail giant raked in £20 billion in sales during the Covid pandemic.
Amazon, whose boss Jeff Bezos has personal wealth of £135bn, stood accused of attempting to distance itself from appalling treatment of workers by hiding behind agencies, which hired 20,000 seasonal workers last year.
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