OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC
ODFL
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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. was involved in a wage and hour violation in 2015, resulting in a private federal lawsuit settlement of $3,400,000.
Old Dominion CEO David Congdon stated the company is '100 percent non-union' and opposed unionization efforts in a 2009 Reuters interview.
Old Dominion Freight Line agreed to pay $1.36 million for environmental violations, including $860,000 in civil penalties, with $46,120 allocated to Santa Barbara, though no environmental damage or toxic material release occurred.
Old Dominion Freight Line settled a lawsuit in 2025 alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The company was accused of collecting employee biometric data without proper consent. This settlement follows a pattern of legal actions concerning the company's employment practices, including a 2018 wrongful termination case in Ohio. ViolationTracker documents additional regulatory enforcement records against the company.
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