March 28, 2019
An Illinois federal judge Thursday sent to arbitration claims that GrubHub Inc. avoided minimum wage and overtime pay for its drivers by misclassifying them as independent contractors, finding the drivers are not engaged in interstate commerce and therefore not exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
September 21, 2018
Dozens of GrubHub Inc. drivers asked an Illinois federal judge to pump the brakes on the restaurant delivery app's motion to send their proposed class action to arbitration Thursday, arguing that they fall under a transportation worker exemption to federal arbitration law.
July 02, 2018
GrubHub was hit with another proposed collective and class action accusing it of misclassifying delivery drivers as independent contractors to avoid providing minimum wage and overtime pay, with a pair of workers filing suit in Illinois federal court.