Domino’s Driver Must Arbitrate Wage Claims Against Franchisees

A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver is contractually obligated to arbitrate his wage-and-hour allegations against a group of franchisees with stores in nine states, a federal judge in Minnesota said Monday.

Delivery driver Nick Mainville argued that the arbitration agreement he signed with the pizza outlets, whose corporate owners make up the “Team Honey Badger” franchise operation, is unconscionable. But it’s actually “valid and enforceable” and encompasses the wage claims, the US District Court for the District of Minnesota said.

Mainville filed a would-be state law class and Fair Labor Standards Act collective suit alleging the Domino’s franchisees—who collectively own ...