FedEx Lawsuit

As one would expect, Fedex Ground did not react favorably to the recent California Court of Appeals decision that held that Fedex Ground drivers should have been classified as full time employees as opposed to independent contractors at Fedex.  The brief story appeared recently in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and the reaction appears below:
“FedEx Ground said […]

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Welcome to Pulaski & Middleman, LLC’s Fedex overtime lawsuit blog.  Recent events have led to a potential rolling tide of claims by Fedex delivery drivers, past and former, against the corporate giant that is Fedex based on a legal technicality that may seem rather tame on the surface, but whose result could have far-reaching ramifications […]

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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 the government needs to determine whether or not someone is an employee or an independent contractor, there are several basic points that are examined.  The government is generally interested in providing this classification because of the tax implications that form the foundation of this label.  Below are a few examples of the elements of […]

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Part of the fallout from the Fedex employee v. independent contractor controversy has reached the state government level, as published in a story last summer in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The article details the collection action from the California Employment Development Department, and states that the basis for this collection was a finding that Fedex had […]

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