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Newspaper Carriers Settle with Paper for $22 Million
This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.
Newspaper carriers for the Orange County Register have won their class action lawsuit, by agreeing to a settlement of $22 million.
Additionally, the carriers have agreed that they are not employees of the paper, but independent contractors. At the outset of the suit the carriers had sought $88 million in damages, alleging that they are employees, and therefore entitled to workers' compensation, Social Security and overtime. However, according to the contracts the carriers signed, they had agreed they were independent contractors.
The settlement ends nearly 6 years of litigation.
Published on Nov-25-08
Additionally, the carriers have agreed that they are not employees of the paper, but independent contractors. At the outset of the suit the carriers had sought $88 million in damages, alleging that they are employees, and therefore entitled to workers' compensation, Social Security and overtime. However, according to the contracts the carriers signed, they had agreed they were independent contractors.
The settlement ends nearly 6 years of litigation.
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