Transportation
Jul. 3, 2014
9th Circuit reins in the misclassification of truck drivers
A recent 9th Circuit decision provides trucking companies further cause to worry as they battle claims for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors.
Joshua H. Haffner
Attorney
Haffner Law PC
Phone: (213) 514-5681
Email: jhh@haffnerlawyers.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
A recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision following a bench trial provides trucking companies operating out of California's ports further cause to worry as they battle class actions and individual claims for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.
On June 16, the 9th Circuit, in Ruiz v. Affinity Logistics Corporation, 2014 DJDAR 7607, ruled that Affinity Logistics Corporation's truck drivers were employees, despite ostensibly being...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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