Ngomhlaka -7 Disemba , uMmeli Jikelele waseWashington D.C. uKarl Racine wafaka amacala ngokumelene ne-Amazon ngokweba cishe ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-62 kubashayeli bayo bokulethwa kwezimpahla. Icala lisola lesi sikhulu sezentengiselwano ze-e-commerce ngokuxhaphaza abasebenzi baso nokusebenzisa kabi leyo mali eminyakeni edlule. Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu, i-ejensi kahulumeni ifuna inkampani kaJeff Bezos inxephezele amakhasimende akhohlisiwe ngesikhathi senqubo yokuthenga . Icala lihlose ukunikeza abasebenzi amathiphu abawakweletayo nokwazisa abathengi iqiniso.
Njengesikhumbuzo, ngoFebhuwari 2021 , i-US Federal Trade Commission yayala i-Amazon ukuthi ikhokhe cishe ama-€62 million njengemali yamathiphu kubashayeli abazimele abavela kumakhasimende phakathi kuka-2016 no-2019. Manje, i-FTC ilindele ukuthi inkampani iyeke ukugwema umthwalo wayo wemfanelo futhi ibhekane nezijeziso zomphakathi ezibekwe ngenxa yomonakalo wabathengi. Kodwa-ke, zonke izinkomba zibonisa ukuthi inkampani yenqabile.
I-Amazon isolwa ngokweba amathiphu kubashayeli bayo bokulethwa kwezimpahla
Ngasekupheleni kuka-2016, ngemuva nje kokwethulwa kwe-Amazon Flex njengesevisi evumela abantu abavamile ukuthi basebenzise izimoto zabo ukuletha amaphakheji egameni le-Amazon, kwembulwa ukuthi inkampani yaqala ukweba amathiphu abashayeli, ngokusho kophenyo lwe-FTC . Nakuba abashayeli babengathola amathiphu okulethwa okuthile futhi i-Amazon kwakufanele ibanikeze u-100% walawo mathiphu ngensizakalo yayo yokuthumela izincwadi, lesi sithembiso asizange sigcinwe.
Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka, i-Amazon yashintsha ngasese uhlelo lwayo lokukhokha . Kuyindlela eguquguqukayo lapho imali engenayo yabashayeli ishintshashintsha khona ngokusekelwe ku-algorithm yangaphakathi. Ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo, i-Amazon ingase ikhangise inkokhelo yokulethwa engu-€18 kuya ku-€24, kodwa uma ikhasimende linikeza ithiphu engu-€6, isevisi izokhokhela umshayeli kuphela u-€12 (ukuze kuqedwe inkokhelo iyonke engu-€18, isibonelo).
I-FTC ithole ukuthi i-Amazon isebenzisa indlela yokwenza amakhasimende ayo akholelwe ukuthi akhokhela abashayeli, kodwa empeleni, ikhokhela izindleko zabasebenzi ze-Amazon.
Ngokusho kwabalawuli, i-Amazon isebenzise amandla ayo emakethe ye-e-commerce ukuze ivimbele abathengi ukuthi bathumele imali. Lokhu kwenzeke naphezu kwenqubomgomo yohlelo lokusebenza yokuthi "akukho mali eyamukelwayo ekulethweni ," evimbela abashayeli ukuthi bathole izinkokhelo ezinjalo. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Amazon yaphuca ingxenye enkulu yamathiphu ayehloselwe abasebenzi bayo be-Amazon Flex.
Ngenxa yalokho, i-US Federal Trade Commission yafuna ukuthi abaphathi be-Amazon bakhokhe cishe ama-€62 million kubashayeli bayo , abaphucwa amathikithi amakhasimende phakathi kuka-2016 no-2019. Lesi sicelo senziwa ngokusemthethweni ngoFebhuwari 2021, kodwa inkampani kaJeff Bezos ayizange ivume lokhu kungahambi kahle ekusebenzeni kwayo. Kodwa-ke, yabuyisela ingxenye yale mali engenayo kubashayeli.
Kodwa-ke, iqiniso liwukuthi lokhu akuxazululanga lutho. Ngenxa yalokho, ngoLwesithathu olwedlule, mhla ziyi-7 kuZibandlela, uMmeli Jikelele waseWashington uKarl Racine wamemezela icala elingase libekwe ngokumelene nale nkampani enkulu yezentengiselwano ze-e, eyisola ngokweba amathiphu kubashayeli bezimpahla ezithunyelwayo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, ekhohlisa amakhasimende ngokuthi ubani owayethola amathiphu.
Nakuba i-Amazon Flex ikhokhele iningi labashayeli bayo bokulethwa ngo-2021 njengengxenye yesivumelwano sayo nabalawuli base-US, inkampani igweme ukuba nesibopho esifanele futhi igweme ukukhokha izinhlawulo zomphakathi ngomonakalo wabathengi. Lokhu kwalethwa phambi kweNkantolo Ephakeme ye-DC.
"Abathengi kudingeka bazi ukuthi amathiphu abo aya kuphi. Leli cala limayelana nokunikeza abasebenzi amathiphu abawakweletayo nokutshela abathengi iqiniso."
UKarl Racine, uMmeli Jikelele waseWashington DC
Njengoba lezi zindaba zibangele isiphithiphithi, i-Amazon yasabela ngokushesha, yalahla ukufakwa kwezomthetho kwakamuva ngesimo sokumangalelwa okukhishwe yilaba balawuli. Bagcizelele ukuthi icala lihilela umkhuba inkampani eyawushintsha eminyakeni emithathu edlule, nokuthi izinqubomgomo zayo sezithuthukile kusukela lapho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bagcizelela ukuthi imali yamakhasimende ibuyiselwe kubasebenzi njengengxenye yesivumelwano ne-FTC sika-2021.
“Nakuba singavumelani ngokuthi indlela yomlando esibike ngayo inkokhelo yomshayeli yayingacacile, senezele ukucaca okwengeziwe ngo-2019 futhi siyajabula ukulikhohlwa leli daba. Abalingani bokulethwa kwe-Amazon Flex badlala indima ebalulekile ekukhonzeni amakhasimende nsuku zonke, yingakho behlala bebalwa phakathi kwabangcono kakhulu embonini.”
Okhulumela i-Amazon utshele i-CBS News esitatimendeni.
Ingabe i-Amazon ingamangalelwa ngokweba abashayeli bayo bokulethwa kwezimpahla?
Icala lakamuva elibekwe i-Amazon yi-US Federal Trade Commission libi kakhulu futhi lingafaka inkampani engozini yokubhekana necala elikhulu. Ngokusho kukaRohit Chopra , ukhomishana we-FTC, le nhlangano kumele ihlole ukuthi i-Amazon yephule imithetho yokulwa nokungathembani ukuze ibeke ezinye izijeziso kule nkampani enkulu yezentengiselwano ze-inthanethi.
Ezitatimendeni zakhe, uChopra uveza ukuthi lolu hlelo lukhiqize inzuzo enkulu enkampanini, eyazicebisa ngokungenamahloni ngokulahlekelwa ngabalingani bayo be-Amazon Flex nangokukhohlisa amakhasimende enkampani . Ngempela, ngenxa yokulimala kwabathengi, lesi akusona kuphela isinyathelo esithathwe ngokumelene nenkampani kaBezos. Nakuba ingenye yezinkampani ezinamandla kakhulu nezesatshwayo emhlabeni, lokhu akusho ukuthi ingaphezu komthetho.
Ngokufanayo, ikhomishana ye-FTC igcizelela ukuthi ukufaka ezinye izijeziso kwenye inkampani ye-Amazon kungaba yindlela kuphela yokuvikela abasebenzi nemindeni yabalamuli abanamandla . Ngakho-ke, ukubaluleka kokunquma ukuthi i-Amazon ihilelekile yini emikhubeni yokulwa nokuncintisana ekhohlisa abasebenzi futhi ivimbele abancintisana nabo abagcina umthetho.
Konke lokhu kusho ukuthi i-Amazon isengozini yokubhekana namacala amaningana e-United States , isimo esingesihle kakhulu uma sibheka ukuthi isiqalile inqubo yokunciphisa abasebenzi bayo. Uma sibheka ukuthi ukuxoshwa kwabantu abaningi kwe-Amazon kuzoqhubeka kuze kube ngu-2023, nokuthi ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zingalandela lokho.
