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> Over the past decade, dozens of lawsuits from misclassified drivers have resulted in judgments affirming that they’ve been misclassified and awarding them com

> Over the past decade, dozens of lawsuits from misclassified drivers have resulted in judgments affirming that they’ve been misclassified and awarding them compensation from the companies that misclassified them. XPO recently paid a $30 million fine to a large number of its drivers. But neither XPO nor any of the other fined companies have stopped misclassification. It’s cheaper for them to pay a fine than to pay their drivers a living wage. This would seem to be the root cause of the problem.

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tromp 5y ago
Looks like a business opportunity for an enterprising law office to reach out to as many of these drivers as they can and file hundreds of such lawsuits. Until it's no longer cheaper for XPO to misclassify...
- pessimizer 5y ago
  Imagine how much money that law office could make when they're indirectly paid off by the trucking companies, then hired by the trucking companies.
  - 6510 5y ago
    Or it could take the indirect bribe and take them to court anyway.
    - mumblemumble 5y ago
      Or opt not to follow a course of action that could result in getting disbarred.
- lostdog 5y ago
  The misclassification is supported by the courts. (Because of the political leanings of many judges).
zxcvbn4038 5y ago
Yes, instead of paying a token fine and continue wrongdoing we ought to mimic the Europeans and stick them with a significant fine in addition to requiring that they pay back wages and any other monies due. The shipping industry will evolve to be profitable while paying people. On my last cross country trip I saw many dozens of freight trains that were stacked double high and hundreds of cars long. They could have been doing this all along! But before covid they tended to be only single stacked and capped out around sixty cars. I also noticed a lot more triple-trailer semi trucks - mostly fedex. I’m less excited about those because they sway a lot in the wind and that’s a problem on narrow roads.

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tromp 5y ago

Looks like a business opportunity for an enterprising law office to reach out to as many of these drivers as they can and file hundreds of such lawsuits. Until it's no longer cheaper for XPO to misclassify...

pessimizer 5y ago
Imagine how much money that law office could make when they're indirectly paid off by the trucking companies, then hired by the trucking companies.
- 6510 5y ago
  Or it could take the indirect bribe and take them to court anyway.
  - mumblemumble 5y ago
    Or opt not to follow a course of action that could result in getting disbarred.
lostdog 5y ago
The misclassification is supported by the courts. (Because of the political leanings of many judges).

zxcvbn4038 5y ago

Yes, instead of paying a token fine and continue wrongdoing we ought to mimic the Europeans and stick them with a significant fine in addition to requiring that they pay back wages and any other monies due. The shipping industry will evolve to be profitable while paying people. On my last cross country trip I saw many dozens of freight trains that were stacked double high and hundreds of cars long. They could have been doing this all along! But before covid they tended to be only single stacked and capped out around sixty cars. I also noticed a lot more triple-trailer semi trucks - mostly fedex. I’m less excited about those because they sway a lot in the wind and that’s a problem on narrow roads.