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Canales et al v. CK Sales Company, LLC et al
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May 01, 2025
Flowers Foods Says Distributors Worked For Themselves
Flowers Foods and two other entities urged a Massachusetts federal court Thursday to toss a suit by two food distributors accusing the companies of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the distributors actually performed work for a company they jointly created.
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October 31, 2023
Bakery Can't Arbitrate Delivery Drivers' Misclassification Suit
Flowers Foods and its subsidiaries can't dismiss or require arbitration of workers' claims that the company misclassified them as independent contractors and owed them wages, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Tuesday while granting the companies' request to stay the case pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a related suit.
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October 24, 2023
Justices' Pending Arbitration Case Already Having Impact
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case this term exploring whether a worker is exempt from federal arbitration law by virtue of their role in transportation is poised to make an impact on employment litigation already in the judicial pipeline, months before the justices issue their opinion. Here, Law360 reviews four cases that could soon see an impact.
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July 18, 2023
Bakery Seeks Arbitration Under State Law After 1st Circ. Loss
A Flowers Foods subsidiary asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss and send into arbitration two distributors' suit alleging they were misclassified as independent contractors and shorted on wages, saying that state law binds them to arbitrate their claims.
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March 31, 2022
Bakeries Can't Escape Delivery Drivers' Wages Suit For Now
Flowers Foods and two other bakery companies can't escape a lawsuit claiming they misclassified two of their distributors as independent contractors, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled, saying the drivers fall under the Federal Arbitration Act exemption for interstate workers.