Posts Tagged ‘INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR EMPLOYEE’

The Louisville Courier-Journal (9/3, Shafer) reports, “Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway filed suit Thursday against Federal Express contending that the delivery company misclassifies drivers to avoid paying taxes. The suit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court claims the company wrongly considers its drivers independent contractors and not employees. Conway contends that the misclassification has denied FedEx drivers workers’ compensation insurance, unemployment insurance and wage-and-hour protections.”