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If you work for a company that does not pay you:

  • Does not reimburse you enough for driving your own vehicle to perform the job,
  • Does not pay you overtime rates (time and a half) for hours worked in excess of 40 per workweek,
  • Does not pay you minimum wage,
  • Considers you to be an independent contractor, or
  • Considers you to be any other type of worker exempt from the wage and hour laws.

Call Mark Potashnick at (314) 997-9150 ext. 2.

We are pursuing litigation against large pizza companies including Pizza Hut, Inc. and Pizza Hut, Papa John’s franchisees and others for failing to fully reimburse automobile expenses which results in minimum wage violations (hourly wage – unreimbursed vehicle expenses = net wages below minimum wage). Unreimbursed job expenses are deducted from hourly wages paid in determining compliance with minimum wage law.  Our current class and collective action lawsuits seeking reimbursements for vehicle costs include:

Edwards v. PJ Ops Idaho, LLC, et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-00283-DCN (D. Idaho) (Five state class and collective action litigation against PJ Ops Idaho, LLC and its affiliates d/b/a “Papa John’s Pizza” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Rodriguez v. GC Pizza, LLC, Case No. 4:20-cv-03106-JMG-SDB (D. Neb.) (Class and collective action against GC Pizza, LLC d/b/a “Domino’s Pizza” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Eltayeb v. Deli Mgmt., Inc., Case No. 4:20-cv-00385-ALM (E.D. Tex.) (Collective action against Deli Management, Inc. d/b/a “Jason’s Deli’s” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Huntington v. Soph, Inc., Case No. 21-CIV-04436 (Sup. Ct. of San Mateo Cnty., Cal.) (Class action against Soph, Inc. d/b/a “Papa John’s Pizza” for under-reimbursing delivery drivers for vehicle costs incurred in performing the job and paying them net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Nagel v. DFL Pizza, LLC d/b/a “Domino’s Pizza,” Case No. 1:21-cv-00946-DDD-KLM (D. Colo.) (Class and collective action against DFL Pizza, LLC d/b/a “Domino’s Pizzas” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Knerr v. Boulder BJ, LLC, et al. d/b/a “Blackjack Pizza,” Case No. 1:19-cv-00799-JLK (D. Colo.) (Class and collective action against Boulder BJ, LLC and its affiliates d/b/a “Blackjack Pizza” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Khales v. East Bay Foods, Inc., Case No. C22-00949 (Sup. Ct. of Contra Costa Cnty., Cal.) (Class action against East Bay Foods, Inc. and its affiliates d/b/a “Roundtable Pizza” for failing to reimburse delivery drivers for vehicle costs incurred on the job and paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

Crook v. PJ Operations, LLC, 5:21-cv-00321-KKC (E.D. Ky.) (Collective action against PJ Operations, LLC d/b/a “Papa John’s Pizza” for paying delivery drivers net wages below the minimum wage due to unreimbursed automobile expenses).

We seek home health care workers who must drive their vehicles between clients’ homes and drive their vehicles to assist clients with medical appointments, grocery shopping or other errands.  Like pizza delivery drivers, home healthcare workers are unlikely to receive sufficient reimbursement for their vehicle expenses, which results in net wages less than the minimum wage (hourly wage – unreimbursed vehicle expenses = net wages below minimum wage).