FedEx Lawsuit

Huge corporations tend to have legal problems from time to time, and Fedex is no different.  We’ve been detailing the growing controversy surrounding the Fedex drivers and whether they should be classified as employees or independent contractors, but a little research into recent news stories reveals that Fedex has faced other claims within the past […]

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We’ve covered several issues and news stories regarding the results of classifying a worker as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee.  As we detailed above, the result of this classification is the following:

The independent contractor pays his or her own taxes and/or withholdings;
The independent contractor must find and fund his or her own […]

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As we just stated above, running an enormous corporation inevitably leads to litigation, as keeping thousands of people satisfied is increasingly difficult in a worldwide market.  However, it also seems that Fedex is being sued for several issues, and the latest appeared in the news just last month.
Although the central issue of the case involves […]

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CBS News is reporting today that another legal ruling has come down, at least for the time being, against Fedex.  The news service is reporting that a federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit in which thousands of current and former drivers were discriminated against in that they were paid much less than their […]

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The issue detailed above by CBS News is only the latest discrimination issue that Fedex faces.  A news story from late in 2005 shows that Fedex East also faced scrutiny for allegations that 20 African American employees were denied promotions and assignments, and the reason for these decisions, according to the plaintiffs, was race. 
The […]

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