FedEx Corp. said Friday it will pay $26.8 million to settle a case in its ongoing battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally classified as independent contractors instead of employees. The California Appeals Court ruled last year that about 200… More: continued here
Read More »$27 Million Final Judgment In Landmark California FedEx Employee-Misclassification Case (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Putting an end to a nearly decade-long, landmark legal battle, FedEx Ground/Home Delivery has agreed to a $27 million Court judgment that includes payment of $14.5 million to 203 California drivers who were misclassified by the company as independent contractors. More: continued here
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Rapp has poached Royal Mail’s head of data strategy Colin Bradshaw to become managing director of its data division. Bradshaw (pictured) will take up the role within the data division -formerly called Identex – in January. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx pays $26.8M to settle Calif.case (KGO-TV Bay Area)
FedEx settled a case on how to classify some workers. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx pays $26.8M to settle Calif. contractor case (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
FedEx says it will pay $26.8 million to settle a case in its ongoing battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally classified as independent contractors instead of employees. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx pays $26.8M to settle Calif. contractor case (KIFI Idaho Falls)
Associated Press – December 5, 2008 12:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – FedEx says it will pay $26.8 million to settle a case in its ongoing battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally… More: continued here
Read More »eBay Says Big-Box Retailers Trying to Shut It Down (AuctionBytes)
eBay’s lobbyist joined retailers and antitrust experts in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to discuss the Retail Price Maintenance (RPM), calling it “price fixing.” More: continued here
Read More »FedEx pays $26.8M to settle Calif. contractor case (WREG-TV Memphis)
Associated Press – December 5, 2008 12:35 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – FedEx says it will pay $26.8 million to settle a case in its ongoing battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally… More: continued here
Read More »Royal Bank profit falls to $1.12-billion (The Globe and Mail)
Royal Bank of Canada, living up to a warning it issued last month, said Friday that its profit fell to $1.12-billion or 81 cents a share, down from $1.32-billion or $1.01 a year earlier, as trading losses and imploding U.S. financial markets took their toll. More: continued here
Read More »Post-hurricane planning efforts falter in Louisiana – USA Today
Post-hurricane planning efforts falter in LouisianaUSA Today –5 hours agoBut a year and a half later, many of the larger proposals haven't progressed, and the overarching state planning office touted as the linchpin of the … More: continued here
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