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<blockquote data-quote="rshoe4056" data-source="post: 56846"><p>DHL Drivers in Sacramento Sue Over Illegal Independent Contractor Status </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Three drivers for package delivery </p><p>service DHL have filed a class action lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court </p><p>against the company, challenging the illegal classification of many of its </p><p>drivers as independent contractors. </p><p> </p><p> The unlawful job status has allowed the company to avoid paying overtime </p><p>wages and to require workers to bankroll the cost of their delivery vans, gas, </p><p>vehicle maintenance and repair, payroll services and many other expenses. </p><p> </p><p> The Sacramento drivers are among hundreds of DHL workers nationwide who </p><p>have chosen Teamster union representation in the past several months. </p><p> </p><p> "We want to be treated right and have our employer bear its fair share of </p><p>these expenses. With Teamster representation, we now have a voice in the </p><p>workplace," said Sara Shook, a former DHL driver in Sacramento. </p><p> </p><p> Under California law, employers are required to pay all necessary </p><p>employee expenses. They are also required to pay non-exempt employees a rate of </p><p>time- and-a-half for work exceeding eight hours a day and 40 hours a week. </p><p> </p><p> "It's a disgrace that right here in Sacramento, this $40-billion </p><p>corporation makes its employees supply their own van and buy their own gas while </p><p>paying them poverty wages," said the drivers' attorney, Jason Rabinowitz of the </p><p>labor law firm Beeson, Tayer &amp; Bodine. </p><p> </p><p> DHL, a German-based company, is the largest package delivery company in </p><p>the world, although it does not yet have substantial market share in the United </p><p>States. </p><p> </p><p> "DHL ads say their drivers are 'lean and hungry,' and it's quite </p><p>literally true," said Pilar Barton, Organizing Director for Local 150. "DHL drivers </p><p>average between $7 and $9 per hour with no medical benefits, no retirement and </p><p>no paid sick leave, vacation or holidays. DHL's business plan to compete with </p><p>UPS is poverty wages, high turnover, and vicious Union-busting," Barton said. </p><p> </p><p> The lawsuit demands payment of back wages and employee expenses going </p><p>back four years. It is filed as a class action on behalf of all current and </p><p>former DHL drivers throughout California who were improperly classified as </p><p>"independent contractors." </p><p> </p><p> DHL does not hire its drivers directly, but uses contractor companies to </p><p>retain them. The lawsuit also names one such contractor, DNM Delivery </p><p>Solutions, and its owner, Dewey McDaniel. </p><p> </p><p>SOURCE Teamsters Local 150</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rshoe4056, post: 56846"] DHL Drivers in Sacramento Sue Over Illegal Independent Contractor Status SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Three drivers for package delivery service DHL have filed a class action lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against the company, challenging the illegal classification of many of its drivers as independent contractors. The unlawful job status has allowed the company to avoid paying overtime wages and to require workers to bankroll the cost of their delivery vans, gas, vehicle maintenance and repair, payroll services and many other expenses. The Sacramento drivers are among hundreds of DHL workers nationwide who have chosen Teamster union representation in the past several months. "We want to be treated right and have our employer bear its fair share of these expenses. With Teamster representation, we now have a voice in the workplace," said Sara Shook, a former DHL driver in Sacramento. Under California law, employers are required to pay all necessary employee expenses. They are also required to pay non-exempt employees a rate of time- and-a-half for work exceeding eight hours a day and 40 hours a week. "It's a disgrace that right here in Sacramento, this $40-billion corporation makes its employees supply their own van and buy their own gas while paying them poverty wages," said the drivers' attorney, Jason Rabinowitz of the labor law firm Beeson, Tayer & Bodine. DHL, a German-based company, is the largest package delivery company in the world, although it does not yet have substantial market share in the United States. "DHL ads say their drivers are 'lean and hungry,' and it's quite literally true," said Pilar Barton, Organizing Director for Local 150. "DHL drivers average between $7 and $9 per hour with no medical benefits, no retirement and no paid sick leave, vacation or holidays. DHL's business plan to compete with UPS is poverty wages, high turnover, and vicious Union-busting," Barton said. The lawsuit demands payment of back wages and employee expenses going back four years. It is filed as a class action on behalf of all current and former DHL drivers throughout California who were improperly classified as "independent contractors." DHL does not hire its drivers directly, but uses contractor companies to retain them. The lawsuit also names one such contractor, DNM Delivery Solutions, and its owner, Dewey McDaniel. SOURCE Teamsters Local 150 [/QUOTE]
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