FedEx Lawsuit

In a somewhat stunning turn of events and after years of heated denials and refusals to agree with courts, the NLRB and labor unions, Fedex Ground announced that it will be abandoning its current independent contractor model in California.  The announcement was published on CNN Money, and comes on the heels of several negative results […]

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The crux of the issue between Fedex and its drivers is the classification of their drivers as independent contractors as opposed to employees.  There are several important real-world issues that result from this seemingly insignificant classification, and they are detailed below:

Employees have taxes withheld from their paychecks, while independent contractors do not.
This lack of withholding […]

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When looking for any information that could help us to understand what led so many drivers to get excited about working as independent contractors as Fedex drivers, we found an interesting source – Fedex’s own Web site.  Below is the text from their invitation to “apply” to be a Fedex driver:
Have you dreamed of running […]

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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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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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