A case brought by a class of drivers has resolved, bringing another pizza delivery lawsuit in Illinois to a close. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of Illinois, alleged that a Domino’s Pizza franchise did not reimburse it’s drivers in full for mileage. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) set the mileage reimbursement rate at 62.5 cents per mile in December 2022 as a response to rising gas and maintenance costs. When delivery drivers are not reimbursed the correct mileage rate, after gas and other vehicle-related expenses, their wages can fall below the federal minimum wage.
It’s well-understood that delivery drivers do not receive any of the delivery fees and often depend on tips to make minimum wage. Tips are given at the discretion of customers, who feel it should not be incumbent on them to subsidize an employer’s business costs. However, it’s the delivery drivers who end up feeling the squeeze.
The court sided with the drivers who filed the pizza delivery lawsuit in Illinois. The now resolved case was called Camp v 10/10 Pizza, Inc and is no longer pending.
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