Iowa Capital Dispatch
Another class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court on behalf of food-delivery drivers, this time targeting a Pizza Hut operator based in Iowa.
The lawsuit, which is similar to those filed against Casey’s General Stores and Domino’s in recent years, was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
As with the other lawsuits, the new filing alleges that food-delivery drivers who are paid near-minimum wage salaries are forced to “kick back” some of their pay to their employer in the form of uncompensated use of their personal vehicles ― lowering their net pay to something less than the minimum wage.
Named as defendants are Comes Investments of West Des Moines, which owns and operates Pizza Hut locations in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin; and company owners Joseph Comes, Jill Comes, Mark Adams and Eric Broeker.
All delivery drivers employed at the company’s Pizza Hut stores have essentially the same job duties, delivering pizzas in return for wages and tips, and working inside the stores where they do not collect tips, according to the lawsuit. The workers are paid minimum wage or slightly more than minimum wage, the lawsuit claims, and are also required to maintain and pay for operable, safe vehicles to use in delivering the company’s pizza and other products.
The lawsuit alleges the company doesn’t compensate or “adequately reimburse” the drivers for costs such as vehicle depreciation, gasoline expenses,...
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