Labor/Employment
Sep. 5, 2017
Grubhub bench trial looks to be sharing economy referendum
A bench trial starting Tuesday cuts to the heart of the sharing economy, likely deciding if its workers are employees or freelancers.
Theodore J. Boutros of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is defending Grubhub, a Chicago-based company, over whether its workers should be classified as employees in a suit filed by Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC.
A bench trial starting Tuesday cuts to the heart of the sharing economy, likely deciding whether its workers are employees or freelancers.
Raef Lawson, a former driver at food delivery service Grubhub Inc., sued the company, claiming it mislabeled him as a freelancer. Lawson v. GrubHub Inc., 15-CV05128 (C.D. Cal., filed Nov. 9, 2015).
Lawson’s allegation, which U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott...
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