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Seattle's Office of Labor Standards is investigating Amazon Logistics—the company's vast network of delivery services—for alleged violations of labor laws, including the city's ordinance requiring paid sick time for gig workers that went into effect this year.

The investigation appears focused on Amazon's Flex drivers, who operate like gig workers and make deliveries for the company using their own vehicles and on their own schedule.

A spokesperson for the Office of Labor Standards confirmed Tuesday it had recently opened an investigation, adding that it does so "when it has reason to believe that a specific violation occurred or is occurring under Seattle's labor laws."

It's unclear what law, or laws, government officials believe Amazon may have violated. But the spokesperson for the Office of Labor Standards said it opened the investigation under new ordinances put in place to give gig workers more of the same protections that companies offer employees.

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