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Are we glossing over the fact that none of these drivers work for Amazon?

> A BBC reporter got a job with AHC services

I think the real issue at play here is the use of contract workers to skirt labour laws. Perhaps governments need to stop differentiating between part time and full time workers given the assumption everyone needs to make a living wage some how, even if it is through multiple "part time" jobs.

Just throwing out thoughts.

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The UK is already doing this, first with Uber, but also several, large, local delivery startups.

The tax loss is significant, so I don't expect the situation to last very long.

What's causing the tax loss? Businesses fleeing the country?

People not paying income tax and national insurance - they're classified as contractors, so technically they're responsible for their own deductions, but I'd be very surprised if many of them are actually paying anything.

That's what I was thinking of, but it's probably also that they simply aren't paying as much in wages.

The older companies at least pay minimum wage + overtime when needed.

Makes a lot of sense. I didn't think about the forgone taxes. Probably quite significant.

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