The First Circuit held in July 2020 that the workers—who make local deliveries to Amazon customers—qualify for the FAA exemption even though they don’t cross state lines because their work involves transporting goods or people in “the flow of interstate commerce.” They therefore aren’t bound by arbitration agreements that would prevent them from litigating their state-law wage claims. The First...
Amazon Asks Top Court to Undo Delivery Driver Arbitration Ruling
Feb. 9, 2021, 3:30 PM