Legal Opinion
Reginald Gray v. FedEx Ground Package System
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2015No. 14-3232PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Across the country, FedEx drivers have sued to prove that they are employees, not independent contractors as FedEx claims, and thereby secure benefits such as overtime pay and greater labor rights. See In re FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc. Emp’t Practices Litig., 758 F.Supp.2d 638, 654 (N.D.Ind.2010). As one court has explained, FedEx “carefully structured its drivers’ operating agreements so that it could label the drivers as independent contractors ... to avoid the additional costs associated with employees. In other words,” the question is close “by design.” Craig…
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