On September 13, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District
of Massachusetts granted certification of a class of independent
contractor drivers who delivered packages through Dynamex
Operations East for Google Express. Ouadani v. Dynamex
Operations East LLC, No. 16-12036, 2019 WL 4384061 (D. Mass.
Sept. 13, 2019). Ouadani, a delivery driver, sued Dynamex
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, alleging he
was misclassified as an independent contractor in violation of
federal and state wage laws. Ouadani sought class certification on
two of those claims – improper deductions to drivers'
paychecks and misclassification under Massachusetts law – and
sought partial summary judgment on the Massachusetts
misclassification claim. In its ruling, the Court refined and
certified the plaintiff's proposed class, holding that it would
not be too taxing to resolve the workers' claims on a
class-wide basis despite variations in their work experiences. The
Court
