Canadian pizza chain Pizza Nova is facing a multimillion-dollar class action claiming its independently owned franchises misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors and failed to pay them minimum wage. “I’ve spent years of my life working as a pizza delivery driver and experiencing the problems of employment misclassification in the industry first-hand,” said Juan Jose Lira Cervantes, the representative plaintiff for the class action. Pizza Nova did not make Canadian Pension Plan or Employment Insurance contributions on behalf of their drivers, or pay workers’ compensation premiums, the lawsuit claims. The class action says Cervantes worked according to schedules created by Pizza Nova franchisees, was assigned orders by the stores, and wore a Pizza Nova uniform while on the job. Overall, the level of “integration, supervision and control imposed” by the pizza chain on drivers “establishes an employment relationship,” the class action says.

Source: thestar April 02, 2020 09:11 UTC