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Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC
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20-1681
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3710 LABOR LAWS-Fair Labor Standard
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July 25, 2024
Food Distributors Not Transportation Workers, 2nd Circ. Told
The Second Circuit should keep its earlier decision that two food distributors must arbitrate claims that Flower Foods and two subsidiaries misclassified them as independent contractors because the duo didn't perform transportation work, the companies said.
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June 28, 2024
Food Distributors Tell 2nd Circ. No Arbitration For Suit
A misclassification suit that went to the U.S. Supreme Court should stay out of arbitration, two food distributors told the Second Circuit, arguing that a slew of rulings supported their arguments that they should be considered transportation workers.
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February 15, 2023
Full 2nd Circ. Won't Review Bakery Driver Arbitration Suit
The Second Circuit declined on Wednesday to rehear en banc a dispute over whether bread delivery drivers were bound to arbitrate claims for unpaid wages, instead leaving intact a ruling that the drivers were not arbitration-exempt transportation workers.
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October 12, 2022
Bakery Drivers Ask Full 2nd Circ. To Review Arbitration Ruling
A split Second Circuit panel went against the U.S. Supreme Court and other circuits when it ruled two drivers weren't transportation workers because they were employed in the bakery industry, the workers said, urging the full appeals court to weigh in.
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October 11, 2022
Transport Worker Exemption About More Than Moving Goods
Delivering goods can help qualify an individual for the Federal Arbitration Act's transportation worker exemption, but recent rulings that found the carveout didn't cover baked goods distributors demonstrate that it applies only if transportation is what brings in commercial revenue.
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September 26, 2022
2nd Circ. Backs Arb. Ruling In Bakery Misclassification Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on which workers are exempt from federal arbitration requirements didn't move the needle in a misclassification suit, a split Second Circuit panel said Monday, standing by its earlier decision that two drivers for Flower Foods weren't transportation workers who qualify for the exemption.
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July 21, 2022
Bread Maker Asks To Respond As 2nd Circ. Rehears Arb. Case
Flowers Foods Inc. said the Second Circuit should give the company an opportunity to respond to a rehearing petition filed by two food distributors, who had their misclassification claims sent to arbitration, before issuing an opinion on the revived case.
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July 14, 2022
2nd Circ. Agrees To Rehear Delivery Drivers' Arbitration Case
Two food distributors will have another chance to argue that Flowers Foods and two subsidiaries misclassified them as independent contractors, after a Second Circuit panel agreed to review its decision that diverted the suit into arbitration.
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June 22, 2022
Food Distributors Seek 2nd Circ. Redo Of Arbitration Ruling
The full Second Circuit should review a panel's decision that two food distributors claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors weren't exempt from arbitration, the workers said, arguing that the ruling conflicts with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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June 21, 2022
11th Circ. Arbitration Holding Reined In At 1st Anniversary
An Eleventh Circuit ruling that for nearly a year seemed to make it easier to bounce transportation workers' workplace disputes to arbitration has been weakened by a new U.S. Supreme Court decision, observers told Law360.