Report: Mail hauler stiffed workers out of $1.4M

Cybergal · Aug 22, 2007

Report: Mail hauler stiffed workers out of $1.4M
8/22/07

A California mail hauling company contracted by the U.S. Postal Service underpaid workers by nearly $1.4 million, the U.S. Department of Labor reportedly alleged Tuesday, Aug. 21. A lawsuit against Alan Berman Trucking claimed the company, which received some $10 million in government contracts, violated several agreements between June 2005 and February, the Associated Press reported.

According to the AP, the Woodland Hills-based company -- instead of paying workers in accordance with federal law -- treated drivers as independent contractors, requiring them to use their own trucks and paying them by the mile or by the trip, labor officials said. They also alleged the company did not record hours worked and failed to pay fringe benefits as required by law, the news agency reported.

The lawsuit, which also names company executives Alan Berman and Osvaldo Tarditti as defendants, seeks to recover the back wages and prohibit the company from getting government contracts for at least three years, the AP reported. The news agency was unable to locate company officials for comment.
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catpwred · Aug 23, 2007

nice, why couldn't it be the company i worked for i could use some extra money lol. i can't compliain i made some really good money runnin. it was killer around the holidays. but they should make the company not eiligable to bid on the contracts ever agian for a stunt like that

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