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Labor/Employment

Apr. 4, 2025

Grubhub faces trial over driver wage damages in touchstone case

A former Grubhub driver's lawsuit, deeming drivers as employees, heads to trial April 9 to set the amount of unpaid wages from 2014-2020, amid disputes over last-minute damage calculations.

Grubhub faces trial over driver wage damages in touchstone case
Theane Evangelis

Attorneys for Grubhub and the lead plaintiff, a former delivery driver, in a touchstone app-based employee classification lawsuit battled over the potential introduction of new damage calculations ahead of next week's bench trial. The judge has already determined the plaintiff was an employee and not a contractor.

That trial, starting April 9, is to determine the amount of minimum wages Grubhub failed to pay its other delivery drivers between 2014 and 2020.

The litiga...

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