11th Circuit: Trial Court Wrongly Applied Hill Finding Drivers Exempt Under FAA

Mealey's (July 8, 2021, 8:29 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A district court misapplied Hill v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. when finding that final-mile delivery drivers are exempt under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) from having to arbitrate wage-and-hour claims based on their delivery of items that originated in interstate commerce, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, reversing the part of the order denying the employer’s motion to compel arbitration and remanding for a decision on whether the drivers are employed in the transportation industry and are engaged in foreign or interstate commerce....