Papa John’s Franchisees Score Partial Win in Driver Wage Case

Papa John’s franchisees in 10 states don’t have to use the IRS mileage rate to calculate the appropriate reimbursement for pizza delivery drivers, a federal judge said.

The correct reimbursement measurement is a “narrow but critical issue” in the drivers’ wage-and-hour suit against the pizza chain franchisees, and using the IRS rate isn’t the only acceptable alternative to tracking and reimbursing actual expenses, the US District Court for the District of Idaho said Monday.

The drivers accuse PJ Ops Idaho LLC and eleven other entities that operate Papa John’s stores in Idaho, Kentucky, Colorado, Louisiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, North ...