Federal Judge Won’t Follow DOL Opinion Letter On Approximating Delivery Costs

Mealey's (May 11, 2021, 1:47 PM EDT) -- DAYTON, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on May 7 declined to follow an August U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) opinion letter adopting the “approximation” standard commonly used in the pizza industry for reimbursing delivery drivers for expenses and instead ruled that the employers must pay drivers for their actual expenses or reimburse pursuant to the Internal Revenue Service’s mileage rate....