Area served United States Headquarters Vienna | Website LaserShip.com Founded 1986 | |
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Industry Last mile (transportation) | ||
Lasership rant
LaserShip is a regional last mile delivery company that services the Eastern United States. Founded in 1986, LaserShip is based in Vienna, Virginia and has sortation centers in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida.
Contents
- Lasership rant
- Amazon prime delivery via lasership
- Disputes and settlements
- Misclassification and nonpayment of drivers
- Cigarette settlement
- References
As of 2016, LaserShip has 63 distribution centers and four sortation centers servicing 22 states and Washington, D.C.. Lasership handles deliveries for Amazon and others from New England to Florida, specifically Amazon's Same Day Service.
Amazon prime delivery via lasership
Disputes and settlements
As of March, 2017, there have been over 6000 posts on Amazon, most of them negative, about their shoddy delivery services: packages not being delivered, drivers stealing packages, manhandled packages, etc. The Better Business Bureau does not accredit this company, due to failure to respond to over 30 complaints filed against their business.
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. 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. 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.