GrubHub May Face Calif. High Court Employee Test

The California Supreme Court’s new test for whether someone is an employee or independent contractor may first be applied in a lawsuit against GrubHub Inc.

Former food delivery driver Raef Lawson “will be moving for remand in the GrubHub case,” his lawyer, Shannon Liss Riordan, told Bloomberg Law. Lawson’s case is on appeal after he lost a lawsuit in February alleging the company misclassified him. He would have been entitled to overtime and business expense reimbursement if GrubHub had correctly classified him as an employee, he said.

Lawson would have several options that may put him on a path toward ...