XPO Settles 2 California Worker Classification Cases for Nearly $30M
“XPO has settled a pair of worker classification cases in California that will pay out close to $30 million to a group of almost 800 drivers. The settlement documents were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California last week. The final settlement, approved by the court, covers,” reports John Kingston in Freight Waves.
“Two cases that were consolidated in the class action, both of them filed in the same court. The suits were originally filed in September 2018 and certified for class action in September 2020. One case settled for $9.5 million, the other for $20 million. The number of workers covered by the two cases totals more than 775, all of them drivers.”