Grubhub Delivery Drivers Must Arbitrate Overtime Complaints

Drivers for the online meal delivery marketplace Grubhub will arbitrate claims over failure to pay overtime after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday their work didn’t constitute interstate commerce, and wasn’t exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.

The drivers, working in cities including Chicago, Portland, and New York, argued they should be allowed to litigate their claims because they carried goods that have moved across state and even national lines, such as a bag of chips that traveled across several states before landing in a meal delivered by a Grubhub driver.

That argument ignored the governing framework, the U.S. Court ...