A proposed class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving certain current and former Grubhub delivery drivers in California alleging that delivery drivers should be classified as employees, and that Grubhub has violated provisions of California labor law by classifying delivery drivers as independent contractors. Grubhub denies these allegations. Under the Settlement, Grubhub agrees to pay $24,750,000.00. The Court in charge of the lawsuit still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. If it does, then drivers who used the Grubhub mobile application as delivery drivers between December 3, 2014, and March 13, 2026, will be eligible for payment as part of the Settlement.
Please read the information on this website carefully. Your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you act or do not act. For complete details, please see the Settlement Agreement, the terms of which control.
Summary of Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement | |
Submit a Claim and Receive a Payment | If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you must submit a claim to receive a payment. Instructions on submitting a claim are set forth in FAQ 6. After the Court approves the Settlement, the payment will be mailed to you at the address you include in your Claim Form. If your address changes, please notify the Claims Administrator as explained in FAQ 6. You cannot make a claim if you exclude yourself from the Settlement Class. As detailed in FAQ 7, being a member of the Settlement Class means that you may make a claim and will release specified claims that you may have against Grubhub. This means that you will give up your right to be part of another lawsuit or other legal proceeding, including individual arbitration, against Grubhub relating to the claims being resolved in this Settlement. Additionally, you will also release Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims that you may have against Grubhub if you do not opt out of the Settlement Class. See the explanation in FAQ 4. |
Exclude Yourself from the Settlement | If you do not want to receive payment from the Settlement, and do not want to be a member of the Settlement Class, you must exclude yourself by sending a letter to the Claims Administrator no later than June 18, 2026. If you request exclusion from the Settlement Class, you will receive no money from the Settlement (even if you submit a claim), but you will retain your right to sue Grubhub for the claims asserted in this lawsuit in a different lawsuit or in individual arbitration. See FAQ 4 for more information. Instructions to exclude yourself are set forth in FAQ 7. |
Object to the Settlement | If you want to object to the Settlement and/or to the amount of class counsel’s requested attorneys’ fees and costs or the Named Plaintiffs’ requested service awards, you must file with the Court a statement explaining why you are objecting. You cannot object to ask the Court for a higher payment for yourself personally, although you can object to the payment terms (or any other terms) that apply generally to the Settlement Class. Directions are provided in FAQ 9. |
Do Nothing | If you do nothing, you will remain a member of the Settlement Class, but you will not receive a payment. As detailed in FAQ 4, being a member of the Settlement Class means that you will release specified claims that you may have against Grubhub. |