AMAZON delivery drivers have launched legal action against the online retail giant over lost earnings and could be entitled to an average of £10,500 compensation for each year they have worked.

Currently, drivers making deliveries on behalf of Amazon through service partners are classified as self-employed and do not benefit from employees’ rights such as holiday pay, national minimum wage and an employment contract.

Law firm Leigh Day, representing the workers, believes that Amazon could owe at least 3,000 drivers a total of £140 million in compensation.