Mealey's (November 19, 2018, 2:08 PM EST) -- OMAHA, Neb. — An employer’s statement to the Internal Revenue Service about untaxed payments to some of its drivers constituting reimbursements does not prevent a trial court from finding those payments to be wages for the purpose of minimum wage requirements, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 14 (Yassine Baouch, et al. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., et al., No. 17-1661, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32201)....