DHL Delivery Driver Lawsuit

If you’ve worked for a logistics company delivering packages for DHL, you may be owed unpaid overtime wages.

A handful of lawsuits have been filed alleging some drivers who deliver packages for DHL haven’t been paid properly, and attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking to hear from more people to help the litigation.

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What’s Going On Exactly?

In order to meet increasing demand for delivery services, DHL introduced a new program called DHL eCommerce. As part of the program, DHL contracts with local and regional delivery vendors like SER or Sidwell to provide delivery services to customers’ doors

Though delivery drivers are provided with DHL-branded vans, uniforms and scanning devices, it’s been alleged that the company hasn’t done its part to ensure the workers are paid proper overtime wages.

Now, lawsuits have been filed claiming certain logistics companies have violated wage and hour laws and that DHL is partially responsible.

What Do the Lawsuits Say, Exactly?

The cases claim that although the delivery drivers and couriers are paid by third-party logistic vendors like SER and Sidwell, the companies’ ability to compensate courier drivers for their overtime work is dictated by policies and expectations set by DHL. 

According to the suits, DHL also “oversees and controls” courier drivers’ delivery routes, work schedules and work conditions but attempts to “shield itself from liability” for wage violations by relying on third-party vendors to provide drivers to deliver goods on its behalf.

The filings allege that DHL and companies like SER and Sidwell ultimately operate as “joint employers” of the delivery drivers and couriers and are therefore all responsible for ensuring their workers are paid proper overtime wages. 

Additionally, in one complaint filed against DHL and SER, two former courier drivers say the companies automatically deducted 30 minutes of pay from their wages for a lunch period, even though they regularly had to work through their meal breaks to keep up with the “heavy workload and grueling schedules” they were assigned.

How Could a Lawsuit Help?

A lawsuit could help DHL delivery drivers get back any overtime wages they’re owed and force DHL to make sure drivers are paid properly in the future.

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