Grubhub Wage Case Delivered to Appeals Court

The question of whether gig economy workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors may be decided by a federal appeals court.

Former Grubhub food delivery driver Raef Lawson filed a notice of appeal March 7, following his loss Feb. 8 in a bench trial in which he said the company misclassified him. The online food ordering company should have classified him as an employee, and owed him overtime pay and reimbursement for business expenses he’d be entitled to under state law if it hadn’t incorrectly classified him as an independent contractor, Lawson said. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ...