Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment
Mar. 13, 2018
Suit seeks employee status for port truck drivers
A driver for a trucking company alleges he and others like him were misclassified as contractors and denied employee benefits.
A driver for a trucking company alleges he and others like him were misclassified as contractors and denied benefits mandated under labor codes for employees.
"They are paid on a per-load basis, called a 'piece rate,' for performance of a specific task," said Joshua H. Haffner of Haffner Law PC, who represents plaintiff Guillermo Posada. "In this case, that's driving. They are not paid for waiting time, or driving empty loads. We th...
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