Pizza Hut Franchisee Sued by Tens of Thousands of Delivery Drivers

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A federal court in Kansas has granted conditional certification of a class action law suit by 20,000 to 30,000 drivers against their employer, Pizza Hut's largest franchisee, NPC International Inc.

Rick Paul, an attorney for the plaintiffs at Stueve Siegel Hanson in Kansas City, said the employee drivers were paid at least the prevailing federal or state minimum wages. But, because they were paid at a rate far less than the IRS mileage reimbursement rate for driving their personal vehicles, the unreimbursed cost of operating their vehicles caused their effective pay to fall below minimum wage. [via Kansas City Star]