May 02, 2019
A class of delivery drivers who say they were wrongly classified as independent contractors instead of employees may be entitled to reimbursement for certain work-related expenses after a Massachusetts federal judge shot down a shipping company's argument that federal statute should trump the state's wage laws.
October 09, 2018
A shipping company asked a Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday for a win in a class action brought by a group of delivery drivers seeking to be treated as employees, saying state wage laws do not provide a basis for overriding an agreement between the parties that classifies the drivers as independent contractors.