Amazon Can’t Dodge Contract Delivery Driver’s Overtime Suit (1)

A delivery driver for Amazon.com Inc. can move forward with a lawsuit claiming that the company should be responsible for overtime violations and be considered his employer, even though he was hired by a subcontractor, a federal judge in Seattle ruled.

The evidence Brady Edmonds presented is sufficient to allege that Amazon was his direct and joint employer, that he worked more than 40 hours a week, and that he didn’t receive overtime pay, Judge James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington said Wednesday. The court said that he didn’t have to identity ...