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: Ross' Employment Law Blog$12.8 million settlement on claimed misclassification of employees
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a $12.8 million settlement between UPS Supply Chain Solutions and a class of 660 delivery drivers who claimed they were denied overtime payment because they were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees.
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Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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