American Eagle Express Inc. and courier drivers who say it misclassified them as independent contractors and unlawfully deducted expenses from their wages reached a $950,000 settlement resolving their dispute.
The deal applies to the claims of approximately 710 workers, who will receive more than $750 on average after accounting for attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other administrative expenses, according to a preliminary settlement approval motion the drivers filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The drivers accuse the logistics firm of misclassifying them as independent contractors when they were really employees entitled to greater wage-and-hour ...
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