Driveline Lawsuit
From my experience, they usually send this type of thing via US Mail. Maybe in the last year though, things have changed. Maybe AustinMom, who I, believe, works in a law office, knows the answer.
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I agree they would contact you by mail, so I would not click anything. However, it looks like there is a lawsuit:
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FGXI does the same thing.
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FGXI does the same thing.
Former mystery shopper, current merchandiser.
I should have clarified that I meant a link in an email!
A little googling turns up a lot about this case. I've never worked for Driveline, but need to give a few friends a head's up about this.
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A little googling turns up a lot about this case. I've never worked for Driveline, but need to give a few friends a head's up about this.
[www.drivelinewagehourlawsuit.com]
Former mystery shopper, current merchandiser.
I am glad to see this happened. I worked for these people for years and when they did not give out raises.... I quit. They suck.
I never received a raise. I thought I deserved one. I had to work on resets with another merchandiser who was a superstar of resets but who had the worst personality of anyone I've met in a long time. That merchandiser did get raises. I also did resets with a team that had a couple of obnoxious people. In addition, I had a mostly absentee manager. And that's all I'll say about him. This was the year when DL bit off more than it could chew and had too many resets. I could have gotten quite a bit done if the resets were for one individual but I had to wait for someone else's schedule. I should have started them alone anyway but I didn't know it at the time. I would certainly have been happier. I will say that I learned a lot from DL because I had such a variety of things to do. The companies I work with now have some of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure to work with.
Hi Sandra Sue,
Did you finally join the lawsuit? It is definitely legitimate and I am so glad that there were those who stepped up and filed against Driveline. It was something that I wanted to do, and a few of us had talked about it, but didn't follow through.
They were not really filing regarding just wages. The lawsuit is about the fact that we were not compensated for the hours we spent getting ready to do projects by printing out POGs, instructions, and then completing project info online. This constituted continuous work from home to the store. According to the law, we should have been paid.
We have not heard anything since joining the lawsuit, but it should be settled soon. It was thought that it would be settled within 24 months. We both know it is far past 24 months.
Did you finally join the lawsuit? It is definitely legitimate and I am so glad that there were those who stepped up and filed against Driveline. It was something that I wanted to do, and a few of us had talked about it, but didn't follow through.
They were not really filing regarding just wages. The lawsuit is about the fact that we were not compensated for the hours we spent getting ready to do projects by printing out POGs, instructions, and then completing project info online. This constituted continuous work from home to the store. According to the law, we should have been paid.
We have not heard anything since joining the lawsuit, but it should be settled soon. It was thought that it would be settled within 24 months. We both know it is far past 24 months.
I had even forgotten about it. I think I did. I certainly would have. No, I haven't heard anything.
Well, today I received a check, not about the lawsuit above, but about one from Convergence (now called MatchConverge). The letter was from a settlement company in Minnesota in reference to a class action suit in Illinois (U. S. District Court). The check says I will receive a form for IRS. The amount on the check is minus taxes. Ok, my first thought was that they took out taxes for Illinois, but then I see it is from Minnesota. I don't live in either state. My state does not have income taxes. So then the tax form I will receive will give me an opportunity to then pay more on U. S. taxes? By the way, the amount is quite small. Until I found this thread, I thought that this was the Driveline payment. Above, someone said something about FGX but not in reference to a lawsuit. I haven't heard anything from that but they did recently start paying mileage, which makes me happy.
Sandra Sue .... going to hazard a guess here.
They withheld probably 10 or 25% for Federal taxes, depending on the size of the check versus what they would have paid you in a normal week.
The "form" you will receive for the IRS is probably a W-2. It will show what you were paid and the amount of withholding. You will put those two figures on your tax return. Depending on your bracket, the tax they withheld will either be enough for the taxes or you may have to pay a little.
This is earned income, wages, so they probably also withheld Social Security. It is the same as what you would have gotten and the taxes you would have paid if they had done it right to begin with.
So congratulations on getting the settlement, and don't worry about the taxes. They would not have withheld anything that would not have been withheld from a regular paycheck.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2015 05:42PM by dspeakes.
They withheld probably 10 or 25% for Federal taxes, depending on the size of the check versus what they would have paid you in a normal week.
The "form" you will receive for the IRS is probably a W-2. It will show what you were paid and the amount of withholding. You will put those two figures on your tax return. Depending on your bracket, the tax they withheld will either be enough for the taxes or you may have to pay a little.
This is earned income, wages, so they probably also withheld Social Security. It is the same as what you would have gotten and the taxes you would have paid if they had done it right to begin with.
So congratulations on getting the settlement, and don't worry about the taxes. They would not have withheld anything that would not have been withheld from a regular paycheck.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2015 05:42PM by dspeakes.
@Sandra Sue wrote:
Above, someone said something about FGX but not in reference to a lawsuit. I haven't heard anything from that but they did recently start paying mileage, which makes me happy.
Good to hear they now pay mileage. That would have made a huge difference when working for them. When they changed from regular visit cycles to only when a store received a shipment, you could not work a route. You might have to travel to some random store for a 45 minute visit. Don't get me started. Hard to justify working for them even before that happened.....impossible to do quality work without volunteering, since everything was undertimed.
Former mystery shopper, current merchandiser.
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