Amazon Joins the On-Demand Economy, Using Independent Contractors for Deliveries

Amazon.com is using independent contractors for its Flex delivery program to ferry packages to customers, adopting a staffing method that's already attracted controversy and lawsuits. Amazon Flex, which the company describes as its newest delivery innovation, allows individuals to be their own bosses while earning up to $25 per hour or more delivering Prime Now orders, wrote company spokeswoman Kelly Cheeseman in an email on Monday.