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Employees pack goods ready for distribution at an Amazon Inc. fulfillment center in Kegworth, U.K., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy Abby VesoulisUpdated: February 5, 2021 11:42 AM EST | Originally published: February 4, 2021 5:29 PM ESTOn Tuesday morning, Amazon unveiled a futuristic Northern Virginia HQ2 campus design. Late that afternoon, the company released its blockbuster Q4 earnings report and simultaneously revealed that its founder Jeff Bezos would end his reign as Chief Executive Officer at the retail behem af1 oth to become the executive chair of its board.But it was the news sandwiched between those announcements that may signal one of the defining challenges ahead for Amazon and its incoming CEO Andy Jassy: the same day, the Federal Trade Commission FTC disclosed that Amazon would pay nearly $62 million to settle charges that it withheld tips from contracted delivery drivers to help its own bottom line.In its years-long scheme, Amazon baited drivers with earnings promises, but then siphoned tips and slashed wages, pocketing over $60 million in the process, FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra tweeted Tuesday.According to the FTC, the independent government agency responsible for consumer protection and antitrust enforcement, Amazon had promised its Flex delivery drivers $18-25 in hourly wage yeezy s and 100% of customer tips. But in 2016, Amazon allegedly lowered the base pay and a adidas campus ttempted to hide the fact that it d |
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