Truck Drivers Win $1 Million in Back Wages for Employee Misclassification Class Action Lawsuit
A recent
class action lawsuit led to a nearly $1
million verdict against their employers. The
drives claimed that their employer
misclassified them as independent
contractors that were not obligated to be
paid
overtime wages. After looking at the
facts of the case, the judge found that the
level of control that the company had over
the drivers constituted an employer-employee
relationship. The drivers were awarded
several years of back wages in addition to
attorney’s fees so that they did not have to
pay their legal fees out of pocket.
Many
victims of employee misclassification would
be surprised that this class action had just
two drivers as plaintiffs. In order to be a
class action lawsuit in New York, there only
has to be more than one plaintiff join the
lawsuit. Expert NYC overtime wages attorneys
say that claims like this with large sums of
compensatory damages are pretty common.
People are surprised to find out exactly how
much money they have been deprived from
receiving.
Unpaid overtime wages add up quickly,
especially when additional statutory damages
come into play.
This is a
serious problem. There are thousands of
drivers in New York that are still
misclassified as independent contractors
People that are independent contractors do
not have to be paid worker’s compensation..
NYC
employee rights attorneys have to fight
employee misclassification lawsuits every
year for drivers that are injured, but not
considered employees. People have to wait
and scrape by with whatever resources they
have while waiting for the legal system to
run its course and pay you the money you
deserve.
Companies
are depriving their employees from
recovering millions in overtime wages and
other employment benefits each year. Drivers
work some of the longest hours of any
profession. Those overtime hours add up
quickly over the years. Many of them are
owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in
back wages—all they need to do is take legal
action.
Contact
our driver’s rights attorneys at the NYC law
firm of
Hepworth, Gershbaum & Roth, PLLC today
if you are a driver that is considered to be
an independent contractor. We may be able to
help you recover significant sums of
monetary compensation. Call us at
212-545-1199 or
contact us online to schedule a free
initial consultation.
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