Delivery drivers for NFI Interactive Logistics were misclassified as independent contractors and should be considered employees under New Jersey law, a federal judge in Camden, New Jersey, ruled.

The roughly 250 drivers who are members of the class are now well-positioned to collect millions in reimbursements for improper payroll deductions made when they were independent contractors, and the decision could have impact on other pending cases concerning employment status of delivery drivers, said Harold Lichten of Lichten and Liss-Riordan in Boston, who represented the plaintiffs.

Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph Rodriguez. Photo: Carmen Natale/ALM

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