{"id":2206607,"date":"2024-03-26T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-that-declared-amazon-drivers-to-be-employees\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:25:49","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-that-declared-amazon-drivers-to-be-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-that-declared-amazon-drivers-to-be-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds decision: Amazon drivers are deemed employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-that-declared-amazon-drivers-to-be-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u2062 discusses the \u2064Wisconsin Supreme Court&#8217;s decision regarding the employment status of Amazon\u200d delivery drivers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-did-not-see-fraud-because-he-refused-to-look\/\" title=\"Bill Barr Did Not See Fraud Because He Refused To Look\">court ruled<\/a> that\u2064 these\u200b drivers are \u2062considered employees rather than independent contractors, contradicting Amazon&#8217;s stance. In\u200d a unanimous decision, the court\u200b dismissed an appeal, stating it was\u200b not \u2063necessary for review. The summary \u200bdiscusses the\u200b decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on\u2064 the\u2062 employment status of Amazon delivery drivers. \u2063Contrary\u2064 to Amazon&#8217;s\u2063 position, the court deemed the drivers\u200c as employees, not independent contractors. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-supreme-court-unanimously-rejects-trump-hail-mary-to-stop-potential-indictment\/\" title=\"Georgia Supreme Court unanimously denies Trump's attempt to halt potential indictment.\">court unanimously rejected<\/a> an appeal, deeming it unnecessary for further review.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/The%20Wisconsin%20Supreme%20Court%20on%20Tuesday%20let%20stand%20a%20lower%20court%20ruling%20that%20declared%20some%20Amazon.com%20delivery%20drivers%20were%20employees%20as%20the%20state%20argued,%20not%20independent%20contractors%20as%20the%20retail%20giant%20contended.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">let stand<\/a>\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-to-hear-appeal-over-ky-abortion-law\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to hear appeal over Ky. abortion law\">lower court ruling<\/a> that declared some delivery drivers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/retail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Amazon<\/a> were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>online retail giant<\/a> contended.<\/p>\n<p>The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was \u201cimprovidently granted,\u201d meaning the Supreme Court should not have reviewed the case. That decision dismissing the case, issued after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-presses-supreme-court-to-let-police-enter-homes-without-a-warrant-and-seize-firearms-report\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Presses Supreme Court To Let Police Enter Homes Without A Warrant And Seize Firearms: Report\">court heard oral arguments<\/a>, leaves a 2023 Wisconsin appeals court ruling against Amazon in place.<\/p>\n<p>That ruling found that drivers in the Amazon Flex program are a part of the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-district-dems-break-from-biden-on-increased-unemployment\/\" title=\"Swing-District Dems Break From Biden on Increased Unemployment\">unemployment insurance system<\/a> and are entitled to jobless pay if they are laid off. The decision means an Amazon subsidiary, Amazon Logistics, will likely be hit with a tax bill of more than $200,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, in a concurring decision, said the reason the court dismissed the case was that further review \u201cwould not serve any meaningful purpose\u201d or any \u201cfurther development of the law.\u201d Justice Rebecca Bradley, in a separate writing, faulted Bradley for trying to explain the court\u2019s decision, saying it \u201cwill only sow additional confusion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The case was closely watched for what effect a ruling would have on workers in the \u201cgig economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling declaring select Amazon delivery drivers as employees, not independent contractors as argued by the online retail giant. In a unanimous decision, the court deemed the appeal \u201cimprovidently granted,\u201d indicating that the case should not have been reviewed by the Supreme Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2206608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24032534252104.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24032534252104.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}