Comment / FedEx didn’t just buy same-day delivery – it bought legal distance from its own drivers

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In a nutshell: The integrator’s OneRail partnership is a speed play, a cost play, and, perhaps most importantly, a labor liability play. Here’s why it matters for every operator using contract drivers.

There is a certain poetry in FedEx’s decision to outsource its fastest deliveries to a company it doesn’t own, using drivers it has never met, managed by an algorithm it didn’t build. On the surface, the recent launch of FedEx SameDay Local, powered by Orlando-based OneRail, looks ...