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“Abasebenzi esifundeni sase-Columbia nasezweni lakithi bavame ukusetshenziswa kabi futhi abakhokhelwa umholo wabo abayisebenze kanzima,” kusho uRacine esitatimendeni. isitatimende. “Okunye ukuthi abathengi kumele bazi ukuthi amathiphu abo ashonaphi. Lesi sinqumo simayelana nokuhlinzeka abasebenzi ngamathiphu abawakweletayo futhi batshele abathengi iqiniso. I-Amazon, enye yezinkampani ezicebe kakhulu emhlabeni, ayidingi ngempela ukuthatha amathiphu angabasebenzi.”
Icala lithinta i-Amazon Flex, insizakalo eyethulwa ngo-2015 enikeza ukudiliva okusheshayo. Ngesikhathi yethulwa, inkampani ikhuthaze abathengi ukuthi bacebise abashayeli bezimpahla futhi yaqinisekisa ukuthi u-100% wethiphu uzoya kubashayeli.
Ngokusho kwecala, ngo-2016, i-Amazon yashintsha imodeli ukuze abashayeli bangasakwazi ukubona amanani wethiphu kusuka ekulethweni ngakunye, futhi ingxenye enkulu yamathiphu esikhundleni salokho yasetshenziselwa ukukhokha amaholo avele athenjiswe abashayeli. Icala liqhubeka lithi inkampani ikhohlise abathengi nabasebenzi mayelana nemodeli ngokufihla ubuqiniso benqubomgomo yethiphu.
Umkhulumeli we-Amazon uthe nge-imeyili icala alinasizathu, wengeza ngokuthi inkampani ishintshe imodeli yayo ngo-2019 futhi inohlaka lwesinxephezelo oluqinisekisa ukuthi abashayeli be-DC bathola imali engaphezu komholo wesifunda.
Ngo-2021, i-Amazon yabuyisela abashayeli be-Amazon Flex njengengxenye yesivumelwano ne-Federal Trade Commission (FTC) futhi yavumelana nomthetho ovimbela izwe lonke owenqabela inkampani ukuthi iguqule indlela amathiphu omshayeli aphathwa ngayo ngaphandle kokwazisa abashayeli kusenesikhathi.
“Ayikho into ebaluleke ukwedlula ukwethenjwa kwamakhasimende. Leli cala libandakanya umkhuba esawushintsha eminyakeni emithathu edlule futhi awunasizathu – wonke amathiphu amakhasimende enkinga asevele ekhokhelwe abashayeli njengengxenye yesivumelwano ne-FTC ngonyaka odlule, “kusho okhulumela i-Amazon uMaria Boschetti esitatimendeni ngoLwesithathu.
U-Racine waphikisa ngokuthi inkampani ayikathweswa icala “ngokulimala kwabathengi” yokwephulwa komthetho we-DC’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA), owenqabela imikhuba yebhizinisi ekhohlisayo nengalungile, efana nokudukisa abathengi.
Ihhovisi lommeli-jikelele lifuna izinhlawulo zomphakathi ngokuphulwa ngakunye kwe-CPPA, ukukhokhelwa kweSifunda ngezindleko zecala kanye nomyalelo wenkantolo wokuqinisekisa ukuthi inkampani ngeke iphinde ihlanganyele kulo mkhuba.
Leli yicala lesibili uRacine alifake kulesi sikhondlakhondla sembonini. Ngo-2021, ihhovisi lakhe ufake isikhalazo sokungathembeki enkampaniniisola ukuthi i-Amazon ibambe amandla okubusa okwaholela emananini aphezulu kubathengi.
