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In a significant victory for FedEx drivers who contend they have been misclassified as independent contractors, a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a finding in multidistrict litigation in Indiana and held that nearly 2,700 plaintiffs in California and Oregon are in fact employees. Continue reading “ABA Journal, “Seismic 9th Cir. Rulings Nix FedEx Claim its Drivers Aren’t Employees””

In a decision that one judge wrote “substantially unravels FedEx’s business model,” a panel of federal judges ruled Wednesday that FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery drivers are employees of the company, rather than the “independent contractors” that FedEx characterizes them as. Continue reading “Huffington Post, “Reagan Appointee ‘Unravels FedEx’s Business Model’ in Court Ruling””

The “fissured workplace” took another hit on Aug. 27 with the unsealing of two federal appellate decisions disputing FedEx’s contention that its drivers in California and Oregon are properly classified as independent contractors. Continue reading “MSNBC, “What Court Rulings Against FedEx Mean for Workers””

Beginning in October 2007, a handful of drivers for FedEx Ground Packaging System, Inc. (“FedEx”) and their lawyers at Stoll Berne began prosecuting two class actions alleging that FedEx treated its drivers as employees, but called them independent contractors to avoid paying overtime and other benefits that employees are entitled to under Oregon law.

Continue reading “Court Holds Oregon FedEx Ground Drivers are Employees Not Independent Contractors”