FedEx Defeats Class Status in Driver Classification Suit

FedEx Ground Package Sys. Inc. won’t have to face a certified class of delivery drivers alleging they were underpaid because FedEx misclassified them as independent contractors, a federal court said in a Dec. 19 unpublished opinion.

“Plaintiffs offer no analysis, guidance, or methodology to determine whether putative class members experienced the same allegedly improper wage deductions,” Judge Robert B. Kugler wrote for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

This is one of many suits filed by FedEx Ground drivers in at least 40 states alleging the company wrongly classified them as independent contractors rather than employees. ...