2022年10月18日

新的您現在可以收聽保險雜誌的文章!美國最高法院周一支持達美樂披薩公司(Domino 's Pizza Inc .)要求外賣司機通過私下仲裁、而不是在法庭上就工資問題提起訴訟。加州的這起案件可能對零工經濟公司產生重大影響。法官們推翻了下級法院的一項裁決，該裁決允許一群司機發起集體訴訟，尋求補償與工作有關的費用，因為他們在當地的送貨是貨物越過州界的最後一步。今年6月，美國最高法院一致裁定，西南航空公司(Southwest Airlines Co.)不能迫使行李搬運工就加班費提起的訴訟進入仲裁程序，因為行李搬運工經常將貨物裝載到跨越州界的飛機上。根據這項裁決，法官命令總部位於舊金山的美國第九巡回上訴法院重新考慮此案。美國有一項名為《聯邦仲裁法案》(Federal arbitrationact)的法律，要求強製執行工人與公司簽訂的將法律糾紛訴諸仲裁的協議，但該法律將從事州際貿易的運輸工人排除在外。超過一半的美國私營部門雇員簽署了仲裁協議，這通常也禁止集體訴訟。商業團體稱，與訴諸法庭相比，仲裁是一種更快、更有效的選擇。工人權益倡導者表示，這一過程往往有利於雇主。2020年，三名快遞司機在位於聖安娜的加利福尼亞州法院起訴達美樂，指控該公司違反了多項工資法，此案隨後被移交到聯邦法院。達美樂提出動議，將索賠提交仲裁，理由是司機簽署了禁止他們在法庭上起訴的協議。 A federal judge in Santa Ana denied the motion, ruling that the drivers were exempt from arbitration because they were involved in interstate commerce. The 9th Circuit last year upheld the judge’s decision, finding that the drivers were integral in getting products that came from outside California to their final destinations. Domino’s then appealed to the Supreme Court. There has been a growing number of lawsuits filed in courts around the country asserting that local delivery drivers qualify for the interstate commerce exemption because they handle goods coming from other states such as various ingredients used to make Domino’s pizza and other prepared foods. The scope of the exemption has divided federal appeals courts in cases involving Grubhub Inc, Uber Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary Postmates Inc, and Amazon.com Inc. “last mile” delivery workers. Was this article valuable?