Casey’s denies shortchanging pizza-delivery drivers

A recent lawsuit claims workers are losing over $4 every hour they're on the clock

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — In a new report by Iowa Capital Dispatch, Casey’s General Store has denied allegations that it’s shortchanged delivery drivers.

The company runs about 2,300 stores in 16 states, including Nebraska.  Casey’s reportedly pays its drivers a flat rate of $2 per delivery but does not track drivers’ vehicle expenses or make any attempt to reimburse them for gas and other vehicle related expenses.

According to a lawsuit filed last fall, the flat-rate payment plan shortchanges Casey’s drivers at a rate of 23 cents per mile, a calculation based on deliveries averaging 6 miles.

It says drivers are only making 33 cents per mile when everything is added up, while the IRS standard mileage rate is 56 cents per mile.

The lawsuit goes on to claim that if Casey’s drivers average three 6-mile deliveries each hour, they are “kicking back” $4.14 per hour to their employer from their own earnings ($1.38 per delivery, multiplied by three deliveries per hour).

Casey’s has denied any wrongdoing and said the plaintiff’s claims are, at least in part, barred by the statute of limitations.

A judge has yet to rule on any decisions.