December 16, 2015
A Bimbo Bakeries delivery driver who opted in to a wage-and-hour class settlement may pursue separate allegations that the bakery company forced him to lower his distribution route's sale price, because the suits shared no "identical factual predicate," a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday.
March 06, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a deal for Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. to pay $905,000 to resolve a wage-and-hour collective action lodged by delivery drivers who claim Bimbo violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and misclassified them as independent contractors rather than employees.
December 13, 2012
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a request by Bimbo Bakeries USA to serve written discovery on every opt-in plaintiff involved in a proposed class action alleging the bakery misclassifies drivers as independent contractors, finding the request "overly burdensome."
March 01, 2012
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday granted conditional class certification to a group of Bimbo Bakeries Inc. drivers who claim the company misclassified them as independent contractors, saying the drivers established enough common issues to warrant conditional certification.
September 22, 2011
Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. on Wednesday had most of an opt-in group of Texas delivery drivers tossed from a class action in Pennsylvania alleging the company misclassifies its drivers as independent contractors to deny them benefits and make them bear certain business expenses.
April 12, 2011
Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. failed Tuesday to toss claims from Texas opt-in plaintiffs in a Pennsylvania class action alleging the company denies delivery drivers employment benefits while forcing them to pay for their trucks and distribution rights.