February 06, 2017
A California federal judge on Monday gave preliminary approval to a $750,000 settlement that seeks to end a long-running wage-and-hour class action alleging Penske Logistics LLC failed to provide truck drivers with proper meal breaks, saying it's a fair deal.
January 24, 2017
A long-running California wage-and-hour class action alleging Penske Logistics LLC failed to provide truck drivers with meal breaks will be settled for $750,000, a deal that will cancel a scheduled February trial and distribute $332,500 to drivers after attorneys' fees and other costs are deducted, according to a court filing late Monday.
January 02, 2017
Railroads’ appellate challenge to the Surface Transportation Board’s new on-time performance rule and worker misclassification suits targeting commercial truckers, delivery giants and ride-hailing companies are among the court battles transportation lawyers will keep a close eye on in 2017. Here's a breakdown of some of the high-profile cases they will be tracking closely.
July 21, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday decertified several subclasses in a long-running wage-and-hour class action alleging Penske Logistics LLC failed to provide truck drivers proper meal breaks, saying there wasn't proof that Penske had a blanket policy of denying workers their rest breaks.
May 18, 2016
A California federal judge held Tuesday that Penske Logistics LLC isn't required to set exact times for truck drivers' meal breaks, saying it had a valid policy offering reasonable opportunities for breaks and denying a quick win to hundreds of truck drivers in the long-running wage class action.
April 12, 2016
Penske truck drivers who delivered and installed Whirlpool appliances are asking for their wage-and-hour trial in California federal court to be split into two parts, one for liability and one for damages.
February 04, 2016
A class of hundreds of truck drivers accusing Penske Logistics LLC of not offering required breaks and then deducting pay for rest periods never taken asked for a quick win Wednesday on their claims in California federal court, arguing the company's admitted policies violate the law at face value.
February 17, 2015
Three trade groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Penske Logistics LLC's challenge to a set of California laws requiring meal and rest breaks for truckers, saying they are preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act.
January 22, 2014
A California federal court on Tuesday denied class certification to 349 drivers bringing unfair-wage claims against their former employer Penske Logistics LLC, saying the drivers failed to prove that the company prevented them from taking breaks with docked pay.
October 25, 2012
Penske Logistics LLC asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to decertify a class of delivery drivers who claimed they were forced to work off the clock, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes doomed the employees' class status.