TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said NSW was the first jurisdiction in the world to mandate enforceable rates for Amazon Flex drivers. However, the Transport Workers Union has for the past two years negotiated with operators including Toll, Global Express and FedEx, and employer groups such as AiGroup and NSW Business, to expand NSW owner driver laws – which set minimum rates for truck drivers – to include light vehicles. Dreamstime/TNSĪmazon Flex drivers are independent contractors and are not subject to employment regulation or minimum wages. All you need is a smartphone, a valid UK drivers licence and to be 18 or older. The historic ruling, which Amazon was not involved in, will see NSW couriers who use their cars to transport customers’ orders earn at least $37.80 an hour by July 1, 2025, about a 40 per cent increase from the online giant’s current pay.Īmazon Flex workers currently earn $108 for four-hour blocks of work. With Amazon Flex, you deliver parcels with your own car at times that suit you - you can choose to deliver as little or as often as you like. This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. You can then use your own vehicle to deliver Amazon packages to customers in Australia. Contribute to genakir/AmazonFlex development by creating an account on GitHub. Amazon Flex gig-style drivers have been granted enforceable minimum pay rates for the first time in the world after a landmark decision by the NSW industrial relations tribunal. With Amazon Flex, you choose when you want to deliver and how often.

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