U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of 9th Cir. Misclassification Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court will not be weighing in on a dispute over whether a Georgia-based logistics company has been misclassifying its retail store delivery drivers as independent contractors when they were employees. This distinction matters, because employees are protected by a wide array of employment statutes – including anti-discrimination laws, workers' comp and wage-and-hour laws – that don't apply to independent contractors. According to a June decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Affinity Logistics Corp. – now known as 3PD Inc. &...