LaserShip

LaserShip
Industry Courier
Founded 1986 (1986)
Headquarters Vienna, Virginia, U.S.
Area served
 United States
Website LaserShip.com

LaserShip is a regional last mile delivery company that services the Eastern United States.[1][2][3][4] LaserShip is based in Vienna, Virginia and has sortation centers in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida.[5]

As of 2015, LaserShip has 62 locations servicing 20 states and the nation's capital.[1] Lasership handles deliveries for Amazon and others from New England to Florida, specifically Amazon's Same Day Service.[6][7]

Disputes and settlements

Misclassification and nonpayment of drivers

In April 2014, the company reached a class-action settlement of $800,000 with drivers in Massachusetts who accused the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors to save money.[6] In November 2015, a class action law suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that workers were denied overtime payments, were unlawfully denied earned compensation, and for other violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.[8] The results of this litigation are pending.

Cigarette settlement

In September 2014, LaserShip reached a $5 million settlement with the city of New York over deliveries of untaxed cigarettes. The original suit alleged that LaserShip had delivered more than 120,000 cartons between 2011 and 2013 violating federal and state laws and resulting in tax losses of 1.9 million. Under the settlement agreement, LaserShip ended all cigarette shipments.[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/rbpublishing/parcel_20150506/#/26
  2. ↑ Abha Bhattarai (April 13, 2014). "LaserShip looks to expand to the midwest". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ Laura Stevens and David Benoit (November 12, 2013). "Activist Investor Daniel Loeb Takes FedEx Stake". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hot Companies 2013". Parcel Magazine. July–August 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ http://lasership.com/shipping-solutions/ecommerce-shipping
  6. 1 2 "Meet The Real Amazon Drones". Huffington Post. April 24, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Amazon's Enormous Same-Day Delivery Growth Comes At A Price". Huffington Post. December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ Crosby and Lewis v. Lasership, Inc., Et Al., Index Number 08694-CV-2015, SDNY - retrieved through pacer.gov and http://www.fslawfirm.com/pdfs/cs/Lasership-Complaint.pdf
  9. ↑ "City reaches $5M settlement in cigarette case". Crain's New York Business. September 25, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Delivery company in un-taxed cigarette racket to pay $5M". New York Post. September 24, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.

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