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0:23-cv-61246
Florida Southern
Labor: Fair Standards
Donald M. Middlebrooks
A customer support services company agreed to pay out $3 million to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit in Florida federal court claiming it misclassified thousands of workers as independent contractors.
Employees for a customer support services company have control over their work and manage their own business, the company told a Florida federal court in its request to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from securing an early win in an independent contractor classification case.
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Florida federal judge to grant it a pretrial win in its suit accusing a customer support services provider of misclassifying 22,000 workers as independent contractors, saying it's clear the company has near-total control over their work.
A Florida-based provider of customer support services for major brands misclassified 22,000 employees as independent contractors, denying them minimum wages and overtime pay, the U.S. Department of Labor told a Florida federal court.