Hagens berman has filed a classaction lawsuit on behalf of all employee truck drivers against trucking company swift transportation. More then 19,000 former and current swift drivers could be eligible to join the class action suit. Swift transportation customer service representatives i unpaid overtime lawsuit federal law requires employers to pay overtime wages for any work hours over 40 in a week even if you are paid by salary and even if you were told that you are not eligible to get overtime pay. Over the road company driver at swift transportation. That policy resulted in delays for female drivers in. Megacarrier swift transportation has just lost a pivotal court decision in a lawsuit brought against it by five former owneroperators at the company over their employment classification. If you would like to join, please navigate to swift justice and click join the case. They pay on time, every week and by and large offer the best starting pay for new drivers. As of 2020 swift transportation, 15,000 vehicles and 20,000 drivers in its fleet, which ranks it among the top five largest motor carriers in the nation. Defendants or swift in two proposed class actions pending in the united states district court for the central district of. Swift transportation is known as a solid and reliable company for new cdl drivers and otr veterans. Transportation nation network will continue to follow any new developments. The named plaintiffs the people who started the lawsuit alleged that swift, iel, chad killebrew, and jerry moyes known as defendants improperly classified them as independent contractors, failed to pay them at least the federal and applicable state minimum wage, violated their rights under the forced labor statute and were unjustly enriched by misclassifying drivers as. As of this date, 352 drivers have joined the lawsuit against swift transportation.
The decision could possibly have huge ramifications for up to 15,000 former swift drivers, and even owneroperators with other companies. Swift at its heart is about productivity, and getting the load on time. Swift mileage pay lawsuit moves forward for 80,000 drivers news a potentially multimilliondollar lawsuit against swift transportation which has been slowly making its way through the court system for the past almost 11 years has just had its classaction status reinstated by an appeals court judge. Swift transportation faces major lawsuit for underpaying. The lawsuit filed in 2004 alleges that swift shortchanged its drivers by using a mile calculation system that does not credit employees for the miles that they actually drive from one location to another. Some driver managers will try and help you as much as they can, some will yell at you for every little thing.
The arizona supreme court has ruled that drivers who filed suit against swift transportation nyse. A federal jury ordered swift transportation, a unit of knight swift transportation holdings inc. Swift will give you all the tools you need to become a good driver. District court in iowa, claimed swift was intentionally interfering with crsts driver. Swift transportation is settling a lawsuit for 100 million dollars. A class action lawsuit is pending in the superior court of arizona, maricopa county entitled in re swift transportation co. Swift transportation is appealing a recent federal courts decision that its owneroperator contractor agreements constitute employment, opening the door for the driver plaintiffs to receive. Swift transportation pay scale truck driver salary. Swift transportation lawsuit settlement trucking answers. Possibly, there were lawsuits against the company based on the camera recordings. I cant help but think swift was either loosing drivers or could not hire experienced drivers because of the camera.
However the solitary life is ruff if you have a family. In that case, the eeoc challenged swift s policy of prohibiting female truck drivers from being trained by male instructors. This phoenix, arizona based company is now facing a lawsuit for allegedly shorting drivers millions in mileagebased pay for decades. Swift transportation misclassified drivers as independent. The lawsuit claims that swift treated truck drivers who leased trucks. Swift transportation customer service representatives i. Subscribe for more truck driving videos, trucking vlogs, info on truck driving jobs, and to. The plaintiffs allege that swift has denied minimum wages to its trainee truck drivers by requiring them to perform work. Employee account access features in your swift account. Knightswift transportation holdings settles owneroperator. Waiting on the ninth circuit court of appeals posted on january 4, 20. Plaintiffs alleged that swift misclassified its lease operator drivers as independent contractors and failed to pay them the legally required minimum wage in violation of the fair labor standards act. The suit seeks to represent all swift transportation drivers employed on or after 1998 and who were paid on the basis of miles driven.
My swift transportation paycheck with 3277 miles 012017. Suit alleges that swift failed to pay drivers for all miles they drove. Swift is a trucking company that is accurate and timely when it comes transportation and logistics. It is not yet know if swift intends to file an appeal in the case. According to the 2009 class action filed by its drivers, swift misclassified them as independent contractors instead of employees of the company. Swift transportation is going to settle a lawsuit that they misclassified leasepurchase drivers as independent contractors and not as employees. A lawsuit in phoenix involving truckload carrier swift transportation co. Swift transportation class action lawsuit hagens berman. Swift transportation is one of the largest trucking carriers in the united states. Hunt, swift tractortrailers deliver cargo all over north america.
The swift transportation settlement is on schedule, and we do not anticipate. An initial lawsuit was filed against the trucking company in 2004. A proposed settlement the settlement has been reached jointly between plaintiffs james rudsell and gilbert saucillo plaintiffs and defendants swift transportation company of arizona, llc, et al. Swift allegedly made unlawful deductions from the drivers pay for truck. Court certifies lawsuit against swift transportation as. The class representatives claim that swift failed to pay overtime, or the reasonable equivalent of overtime, to its washingtonbased dedicated drivers for work over 40 hours per work week as required by washington state law, or that swift failed to pay its washingtonbased dedicated drivers for time spent during orientation in a washington. Court rules against swift in owneroperator classification. An arizona court ruling says a lawsuit accusing swift transportation of breaking faith with employee drivers over mileagebased pay can proceed as a classaction case, according to the daily reporter in greenfield, ind an arizona court of appeals ruling tuesday overturns a trial judges 2015 ruling rescinding a previous approval of classaction status in the decadeold case pending in.
To be independent, you need to be able to set your own schedule and. After carefully evaluating the merits of trying the sheervan dusen lawsuit versus settling it, we chose the latter as continued litigation of this. Trucking company transportation and logistics swift. Swift transportation class action website if you drove a truck for swift transportation co. Swift mileage pay lawsuit moves forward for 80,000 drivers. Swift transportation to settle background check class. I have to admit, when the camera was installed in my truck i driver, i was not happy. The case alleges that swift, iel, and two individuals named chad killebrew and jerry moyes collectively known as defendants misclassified drivers as independent contractors, failed to pay them minimum wages, violated the federal forced labor statute, and that drivers leases and contractor agreements were unconscionable. A federal judge ruled against swift transportation co. Knight swift transportation holdings has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit involving roughly 20,000 drivers over claims that the drivers were improperly classified as independent. If you get a text about trainee back pay from swift. The wage and hour class action lawsuit was brought forward by 41 customer service representatives of swift transportation co. With so many drivers logging so many miles, accidents are bound to happen. Mileage lawsuit involving swift transportation may proceed.
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