CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2018
By: Rosemary Piser
Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with 11 other Attorneys General, filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board in support of a decision against Velox Express Inc. that concluded its misclassification of employees as independent contractors constituted an unfair labor practice in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.
An administrative law judge in the case Velox Express Inc. vs. Jeannie Edge found that Velox Express misclassified its drivers as independent contractors and, as a result, restrained them from exercising their right to act collectively to improve their . . .