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Delivery\u00a0drivers for\u00a0CVS Health Corp., specifically\u00a0its\u00a0subsidiary,\u00a0Omnicare<\/a>, have\u00a0recently settled\u00a0claims\u00a0for unpaid wages.\u00a0A district judge in\u00a0West Virginia\u00a0approved the\u00a0nearly $12 million\u00a0settlement\u00a0this past\u00a0Monday resolving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0The class of\u00a0delivery drivers\u00a0alleged that\u00a0they were incorrectly classified as independent contractors and in turn deprived of\u00a0significant wages. The $11.9 million settlement will benefit\u00a0over 1,200\u00a0current and former drivers\u00a0for\u00a0Omnicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drivers, who delivered pharmaceutical and medical items to health care entities nationwide, claimed they should have been classified as employees as opposed to independent contractors.These drivers were unable to exercise discretion over their work which is required to be considered an independent contractor. Omnicare allegedly controlled, supervised, and directedthe manner in which its delivery drivers performed these pharmaceutical delivery servicesincluding mandating schedules and routes drivers must comply with. Additionally, deliverydrivers often worked 12 hour days but were not paid overtime when working over 40 hours per week due in part to their misclassification. Another violation included having to pay out of out of pocket for work related expenses such as gasoline, tolls and vehicle maintenance, which resulted in an hourly rate of pay below the relevant federal minimum wages required by the FLSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is\u00a0unfortunately very common across many industries. If you\u00a0are considered as an independent but do\u00a0not have extensive control over your services, you may be misclassified. If you have any questions regarding your pay structure, do not hesitate to call our employment law firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, for a free and confidential consultation. You can reach us at\u00a0(212) 300-0375 or visit our website<\/a> for additional helpful information regarding your rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nDelivery\u00a0drivers for\u00a0CVS Health Corp., specifically\u00a0its\u00a0subsidiary,\u00a0Omnicare, have\u00a0recently settled\u00a0claims\u00a0for unpaid wages.\u00a0A district judge in\u00a0West Virginia\u00a0approved the\u00a0nearly $12 million\u00a0settlement\u00a0this past\u00a0Monday resolving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d).\u00a0The class of\u00a0delivery drivers\u00a0alleged that\u00a0they were incorrectly classified as independent contractors and in turn deprived of\u00a0significant wages. The $11.9 million settlement will benefit\u00a0over 1,200\u00a0current and former drivers\u00a0for\u00a0Omnicare.<\/p>\n

The drivers, who delivered pharmaceutical and medical items to health care entities nationwide, claimed they should have been classified as employees as opposed to independent contractors.These drivers were unable to exercise …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"\nDelivery Drivers for\u00a0CVS Subsidiary\u00a0Settle\u00a0Unpaid Wage Claims\u00a0for\u00a0$11.9M\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how misclassified delivery drivers were able to recover nearly $12 million in owed wages. 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