$23M Class Settlement Will End 3 Independent Contractor Class, Collective Suits

Mealey's (May 4, 2022, 12:24 PM EDT) -- BANGOR, Maine — A federal judge in Maine issued a corrected order on May 3 granting final approval of a class settlement of just over $23 million ending three complaints accusing Flowers Foods and some of its subsidiaries of misclassifying independent distributors as independent contractors....