Judge: Pizza Delivery Drivers Owed Actual Expenses Or IRS Mileage Reimbursement

Mealey's (November 8, 2019, 2:40 PM EST) -- DAYTON, Ohio — Delivery drivers employed by pizza franchisees who show that they were not paid minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and were not reimbursed for their actual expenses are owed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rate for mileage reimbursement, a federal judge in Ohio ruled Nov. 5 (Tammy Hatmaker, et al. v. PJ Ohio, LLC, et al., No. 17-146, S.D. Ohio, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191790)....