Pizza Hut Delivery Drivers Want Bigger Slice Of The Pie

Kansas City Star:

Thousands of Pizza Hut delivery drivers get paid less than minimum wage because their employer doesn’t pay their automobile and other job-related expenses, a lawsuit claims.

The suit, originally filed in May in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., and amended last week, was brought against NPC International Inc. of Overland Park, the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the world. NPC operates 1,161 Pizza Hut restaurants in 28 states, including Missouri and Kansas.

The suit says that delivery drivers, though paid hourly wages roughly equal to applicable minimum wage laws, are not adequately compensated for the actual costs of using their own vehicles to make deliveries.

“The net effect of NPC’s policy and practice, instituted and approved by company managers, is that it willfully fails to pay federal and state minimum wages,” the suit alleges.

NPC officials could not be reached for comment. But the company earlier sought dismissal of the suit on the grounds that the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal minimum wage law, permits a “reasonable approximation” of expenses incurred. The court has yet to rule on NPC’s motion. Continue reading this post.

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