Massachusetts Attorney General Secures $865,000 Settlement for Online Supermarket's Misclassification of Workers and Sick Time Law Violations

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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell recently announced a settlement with online grocery-delivery company Weee! Logistics LLC and its President, Min Liu, resolving allegations of misclassifying workers and violating Massachusetts' earned sick time law. The company agreed to pay over $865,000 in citations, including restitution for over 160 impacted workers and penalties.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Massachusetts Attorney General's office secured a $865,000 settlement with Weee! Logistics LLC and its President, Min Liu, for misclassifying workers and violating the state's earned sick time law.
  • Weee! Logistics LLC, an online-only supermarket, misclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors, preventing them from obtaining employee-related legal protections.
  • The company failed to provide paystubs to drivers regarding their paid wages, violating Massachusetts' wage and hour laws.
  • Weee! Logistics LLC also failed to permit workers to earn and use sick time as legally required under Massachusetts' earned sick time law.
  • The settlement requires the company to classify its drivers as employees and comply with all relevant Massachusetts laws.
  • Many delivery drivers who worked for Weee! from 2021 to 2024 are entitled to payments from the settlement agreement, and restitution checks will be sent to them in late fall 2025.
  • The Attorney General's Fair Labor Division has a list of eligible drivers and the amounts owed to them.

Statistics:

  • $865,000: the amount Weee! Logistics LLC agreed to pay in citations, including restitution for over 160 impacted workers and penalties.
  • 160: the number of workers impacted by Weee! Logistics LLC's misclassification and sick time law violations.
  • 2021-2024: the time period during which many delivery drivers worked for Weee! and are therefore eligible for payments from the settlement agreement.
  • Over 40 hours per year: the amount of job-protected sick time provided to workers under Massachusetts' earned sick time law.
  • 2025: the year in which restitution checks will be sent to affected drivers.
  • (617) 727-3465: the phone number for the Attorney General's Fair Labor Hotline.

Sources:

  • AG Campbell Secures $865,000 Settlement With Online Supermarket For Misclassifying Workers And Violating Sick Time Law (August 5, access )
  • Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
  • Massachusetts Attorney General's Fair Labor Division
  • The Attorney General's Advisory on the Rights of Immigrant Workers (available in multiple languages at mass.gov/ago/fairlabor)