Drug distributors will pay $7.5M to settle overtime suit

Pharmaceutical wholesalers Cardinal Health and Kinray agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle allegations that they violated labor laws by denying delivery drivers overtime wages, according to legal news website Law360.

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The lawsuit claimed the pharmaceutical wholesalers misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors to avoid paying them for overtime. 

Under the settlement, the 115 workers would receive about $2,500 each and $2.5 million for attorney fees. 

A New York federal judge must sign off on the deal. 

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