Business in brief
Attorney General Martha Coakley's office has fined FedEx Ground Package System Inc. about $190,000 for intentionally misclassifying 13 drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees. By misclassifying the workers, FedEx deprived them of healthcare benefits, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation benefits, and sometimes overtime pay, according to Coakley's office, whose investigation is ongoing. FedEx, which has at least 400 drivers ... (Full article: 639 words)
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