July 02, 2024
In the first half of 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a pair of cases addressing arbitration in wage and hour litigation, the Sixth Circuit weighed minimum wage for pizza delivery drivers and a New York decision created an appellate split on timely pay requirements. Here, Law360 recaps those rulings and four other major decisions so far this year.
March 26, 2024
A Sixth Circuit panel added to confusion about how employers are supposed to reimburse workers' expenses when it vacated lower court decisions that endorsed a pair of methods for tabulating pizza delivery drivers' outlays.
March 13, 2024
A Sixth Circuit panel has swept away rulings from courts in two separate states — one that sided with pizza delivery drivers and another that sided with the restaurants — over how drivers should be reimbursed for using their cars to make deliveries, saying they both got it wrong.
October 18, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel on Wednesday seemed undecided whether to stick to federal law or consider other guidance when it comes to deciding how employers can reimburse delivery drivers for their work-related expenses, becoming the first federal appeals court to address the question.
September 19, 2023
In the coming months, appellate panels are set to hear arguments in cases dealing with arbitration of sick pay and wage statement claims and expense reimbursements for pizza delivery drivers. Here, Law360 previews upcoming wage and hour arguments to watch.
June 26, 2023
Pizza delivery drivers urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold their win in an under-reimbursement claim, arguing that U.S. Department of Labor instructions to pay workers either their actual expenses or the Internal Revenue Service's per-mile cost estimate were valid.
April 27, 2023
A pizza company urged the Sixth Circuit to reverse a lower court ruling that federal minimum wage law requires employers to reimburse delivery drivers' actual costs or pay the federal standard business rate, arguing it only needed to reasonably approximate and reimburse its delivery drivers' expenses.
April 18, 2023
The Sixth Circuit rejected a group of delivery drivers' request to suspend a pizza company's appeal asking whether approximating drivers' vehicle-related expenses for reimbursement purposes deprives them of minimum wage while a similar case proceeds in the same court.
March 03, 2023
The Sixth Circuit should pause a pizza company's appeal focusing on whether approximating drivers' vehicle-related expenses drags down their minimum wage, the drivers said, telling the court there is another case tackling the same issue in another appeal.