Independent Contractor Misclassification
Our truck driver client was awarded almost $200,000.00 in damages, excluding attorney’s fees, after his employer misclassified him as an independent owner operator. The employer was found to have failed to pay our client all wages due, made unlawful deductions from his paycheck for business expenses such as gas and insurance, and failed to provide paid rest breaks.
In two other unrelated independent contractor misclassification cases, we were able to obtain six figure judgments for each of our truck driver clients alleging similar wage and hour claims.