Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 30, 2020
Postmates must pay $10M in arbitration fees from courier claims
he couriers who filed the arbitration claims were required to sign the company's Fleet Agreement in order to work for the company. A provision in the agreement stated drivers had to resolve disputes with Postmates through arbitration instead of a lawsuit.
Postmates must pay $10 million in arbitration fees for more than 5,000 claims couriers filed against the company last year, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeal panel ruled Tuesday. The claims, which were all filed within a two-month span, alleged the company misclassified the couriers as independent contractors.
The couriers who filed the arbitration claims were required to sign the company's Fleet Agreement in order to work for the compa...
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