FedEx Lawsuit

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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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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Another issue that’s been found to be a sticking point in recent years for Fedex is the
ADA, or Americans with Disabilities Act, which was passed in 1990.  The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is charged with enforcing the
ADA, and it recently won a decision against Fedex in regards to this powerful […]

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In an earlier entry, we detailed the racial discrimination claim filed by two Fedex drivers of Lebanese descent.  The plaintiffs were awarded more than $60 million in total damages by the jury that heard the case, which was a record award at the time.  However, a recent article reported that the award was reduced significantly. […]

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Although the action that the US House of Representatives is taking would only have an indirect impact on Fedex and the company’s classification of its drivers as independent contractors, passage of such a bill would take yet another “bite” out of their original decision to do so.
In a piece published recently by the Wall Street […]

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