Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series of stories on the impacts of Amazon’s rapid growth in Florida, covering effects on real estate, small businesses, the job market, politics and more.

New Jersey is the latest state to sue Amazon over its labor practices, alleging the e-commerce giant is wrongly classifying some of its delivery drivers as independent contractors to deprive them of ...

Amazon's Dave Clark highlights the features of the new Amazon Flex. The service lets people sign up for one-hour delivery gigs through an app. Photo: Amazon ...

Amazon has started a rewards program for Flex drivers. Depending on how much work they carry out for Amazon, they may be able to take advantage of a preferred scheduling feature. That could make it ...

Amazon has made voluntary changes to its app for Flex delivery drivers in accordance with a Washington state law designed to provide a more level playing field for job applicants with criminal records ...

Amazon's Flex delivery program bills itself as "a flexible way of earning extra money on your own schedule." A new report from a union-backed workers' rights non-profit suggests that's not quite the ...

Amazon has become synonymous with online shopping, and with a market cap of $2.3 trillion, there are but a few tech giants larger than it. This isn't just built on the online marketplace that has ...

Like many gig economy workers, Amazon Flex drivers start off their day by opening an app. The Flex app is where drivers find package delivery jobs in their area. After they log in, drivers will ...

Amazon looked at buying Postmates earlier this year, but in the end it built a service that will go head to head in competing with it. The e-commerce giant today took the wraps off Flex, a new ...