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October 28, 2024

Pizza Delivery Drivers Settle Reimbursement Claims for $4.75M

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Patrick Miller-Bartley
Mon., October 28, 2024

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On Friday, October 18, a group of Pizza Hut delivery drivers filed a motion to approve a $4.75 million settlement they had reached with the franchisee who employed them, MUY Pizza-Tejas LLC. The case is Brown v. MUY Pizza-Tejas, LLC et al., N.D. Ga., No. 1:23-cv-01816. The deal covers drivers at more than 300 Pizza Huts across the United States, excluding Minnesota. Minnesota drivers filed a separate lawsuit against MUY Pizza, reaching a separate, $4.5 million settlement in late September.

In both cases, the drivers alleged that they were responsible for providing their own vehicles and navigation services—equipment necessary for performing their jobs. As such, they incurred expenses such as fuel, maintenance and other automobile costs; automobile depreciation; insurance costs; financing or leasing costs; registration charges; the cost of purchasing a cell phone; cell phone plan costs; and cell phone data costs. Because MUY Pizza’s Pizza Hut locations did not fully reimburse delivery drivers for these costs, they effectively caused the drivers to make less than minimum wage, once the costs were subtracted from the drivers’ earned wages. Paying employees less than the minimum wage violates the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Certain states have different minimum wages for employees, as well as state wage and hour laws.

When employers require you to purchase and maintain equipment that is necessary for you to perform your job, they may be liable to you for the costs of that equipment and its maintenance. If you are a pizza delivery driver, other type of delivery driver, or if your employer requires you to purchase and maintain any kind of equipment that is necessary for your job, don’t hesitate to reach out to one of McGillivary Steele Elkin’s expert attorneys for an evaluation, either by clicking here, by emailing info@mselaborlaw.com, or by calling 202-833-8855.

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