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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 1313539" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>mainegrounddriver, how much of the settlement you'll be getting? nuthin? since the 1st sentence implied <strong><em>FedEx Home Delivery </em></strong>only...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/302220/employment+litigation+tribunals/FedEx+Ground+Settles+Drivers+Independent+Contractor+Misclassification+Case+in+Maine+for+58+Million" target="_blank">http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/302220/employment litigation tribunals/FedEx Ground Settles Drivers Independent Contractor Misclassification Case in Maine for 58 Million</a></p><p></p><p>it's a <strong>relatively small state </strong>vs the rest of the nation, but</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>$4.7 Million </strong>spread out to 141 drivers classified as independent contractors by FedEx Ground will receive the settlement <em>(+ $1.9 million for lawyers' fees)</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">that's a small chunk of change & i guess they have to sift through the "hours of service" that each driver had <strong><em>sometimes falsify</em></strong> as their on-duty/off-duty times to get proper payment...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>so, only 7 HD contractors went in to the class action lawsuit? now they have targets on their backs, except for those 2 who took the settlement & got a sock in their mouths to shut up about it...</p><p></p><p>just stirrin' the pot<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/congrats.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":congrats:" title="Congrats :congrats:" data-shortname=":congrats:" /></p><p></p><p>i'm a bit surprised since maine is part of the <strong>ISP-restructuring</strong> (supposed to protect Ground from such lawsuits, right?</p><p></p><p>---------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p><strong>"</strong>In <strong>2009</strong>, FedEx Ground introduced a new contractor business model in New Hampshire and Maryland that strengthens the company’s long-standing tradition of contracting with independent business owners. The Independent Service Provider (ISP) Model officially launched in New Hampshire on May 30, 2009, when more than 30 small businesses or ISPs contracted with FedEx Ground to provide Pickup and Delivery services throughout the state.</p><p></p><p>Since its initial launch in New Hampshire, the ISP Model has been launched in Maryland, Tennessee, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, Montana, Minnesota, Illinois, Connecticut, <strong>Maine</strong>, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware and Mississippi. Today, more than 900 ISPs in these states are operating as part of the FedEx Ground contractor network.<strong>" </strong><em>(from their Ground Biz site)</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 1313539, member: 33696"] mainegrounddriver, how much of the settlement you'll be getting? nuthin? since the 1st sentence implied [B][I]FedEx Home Delivery [/I][/B]only... [URL='http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/302220/employment+litigation+tribunals/FedEx+Ground+Settles+Drivers+Independent+Contractor+Misclassification+Case+in+Maine+for+58+Million']http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/302220/employment litigation tribunals/FedEx Ground Settles Drivers Independent Contractor Misclassification Case in Maine for 58 Million[/URL] it's a [B]relatively small state [/B]vs the rest of the nation, but [SIZE=6][B]$4.7 Million [/B]spread out to 141 drivers classified as independent contractors by FedEx Ground will receive the settlement [I](+ $1.9 million for lawyers' fees)[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]that's a small chunk of change & i guess they have to sift through the "hours of service" that each driver had [B][I]sometimes falsify[/I][/B] as their on-duty/off-duty times to get proper payment... [/SIZE] so, only 7 HD contractors went in to the class action lawsuit? now they have targets on their backs, except for those 2 who took the settlement & got a sock in their mouths to shut up about it... just stirrin' the pot:congrats: i'm a bit surprised since maine is part of the [B]ISP-restructuring[/B] (supposed to protect Ground from such lawsuits, right? --------------------------------------------- [B]"[/B]In [B]2009[/B], FedEx Ground introduced a new contractor business model in New Hampshire and Maryland that strengthens the company’s long-standing tradition of contracting with independent business owners. The Independent Service Provider (ISP) Model officially launched in New Hampshire on May 30, 2009, when more than 30 small businesses or ISPs contracted with FedEx Ground to provide Pickup and Delivery services throughout the state. Since its initial launch in New Hampshire, the ISP Model has been launched in Maryland, Tennessee, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, Montana, Minnesota, Illinois, Connecticut, [B]Maine[/B], Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware and Mississippi. Today, more than 900 ISPs in these states are operating as part of the FedEx Ground contractor network.[B]" [/B][I](from their Ground Biz site)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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