Amazon Flex drivers wont be paid if they have to stay home due to coronavirus, but Ubers will

Amazon has told its contract Flex drivers, which deliver the e-commerce company’s packages, to stay home if they get sick amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to a memo obtained by OneZero. But while Amazon’s Flex Drivers won’t be paid, Uber said late Friday that it will give its drivers up to 14 days of sick pay if they miss work due to coronavirus.

Here’s Amazon’s full memo to drivers, from OneZero:

It’s worth noting that Amazon doesn’t specifically say in this memo that Flex drivers won’t be paid — but any time one of those drivers isn’t working, they aren’t getting paid. So if they’re homebound due to coronavirus, it doesn’t seem as if the company will be taking care of them in any way...

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