March 14, 2023
A class of New York delivery drivers and the Long Island freight broker they worked for reached a $3.5 million settlement to end the drivers' long-running wage and hour lawsuit claiming they were wrongly classified as independent contractors and shorted pay.
March 15, 2021
A New York federal magistrate judge said Monday a Long Island freight broker must face a proposed class action alleging it improperly classified delivery drivers as independent contractors, saying the long-running dispute should head to trial to determine whether the drivers merit employee status.