On March 12, 2024, the Sixth Circuit federal court of appeals issued its decision on two lawsuits alleging that pizza companies under-reimbursed their delivery drivers. The decision charts a new course for businesses and these types of cases.
In April of 2021, a pizza delivery driver at a Colorado Domino’s franchise filed a class action lawsuit against the company and its owners seeking to recover unreimbursed vehicle expenses. This lawsuit is referred to as Nagel v. DFL Pizza, LLC and is in the federal district court in Colorado .
A troubling trend has emerged at the workplace. Instead of ensuring their pay practices follow the law, more and more employers are subjecting their workers to “forced arbitration” to protect the company from lawsuits.
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Dragon City is a Chinese restaurant located in Piqua, Ohio. One of the restaurant’s former delivery drivers has filed a lawsuit in federal Court alleging that the company completely failed to pay him minimum wage, failed to pay him overtime, and failed to reimburse his work-related vehicle expenses.
On February 9, 2022, a federal court granted preliminary approval of a settlement that will pay $1.5 million to the delivery drivers who worked at 5 Dayton, Ohio area Jet’s Pizza franchises from November 22, 2016 to August 31, 2020.
A pizza delivery driver at a Jet’s Pizza in Cincinnati is suing his employer on behalf of himself and his fellow delivery drivers because he alleges the company has not properly reimbursed the delivery drivers for their vehicle-related expenses. The plaintiff seeks to represent all of delivery drivers who have worked at Cincinnati-area Jet’s Pizza franchise locations since 2019.
Biller & Kimble has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the pizza delivery drivers who work or have worked at the 100+ Pizza Hut restaurants owned and operated by the “Tasty Hut” franchise around the country.