By Greg Grisolano, Land Line staff writer
A Chicago trucker has filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer, DNJ Intermodal, alleging the company misclassified its drayage drivers as independent contractors and unlawfully deducted monies from employees’ paychecks, resulting in drivers being paid less than minimum wage.
The plaintiff, Lucio Barrera, who worked as a drayage driver for DNJ in Illinois from September 2013 to January 2015, claims that the company frequently deducted over 25 percent of the total wages owed to him in a given pay period. The lawsuit alleges DNJ violated both the Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying workers for all the hours worked in a given pay period. The suit also seeks class certification for 50 to 100 other drivers.
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A Chicago trucker has filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer, DNJ Intermodal, alleging the company misclassified its drayage drivers as independent contractors and unlawfully deducted monies from employees’ paychecks, resulting in drivers being paid less than minimum wage.
The plaintiff, Lucio Barrera, who worked as a drayage driver for DNJ in Illinois from September 2013 to January 2015, claims that the company frequently deducted over 25 percent of the total wages owed to him in a given pay period. The lawsuit alleges DNJ violated both the Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying workers for all the hours worked in a given pay period. The suit also seeks class certification for 50 to 100 other drivers.
- See more at: Ex-driver sues DNJ Intermodal for misclassification, short pay