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Limo companies are not paying drivers on the clock for all hours spent in the company vehicle.

Submitted 2008-06-07

Defendant: California Overtime

Most limousine companies in California only pay their drivers for whenever they have a client in the vehicle. Time spent waiting at the airport for a client's flight to arrive and travel time when the driver is alone in the company vehicle are times when the driver is not compensated. This happens at most of the smaller companies that only operate in one area. I have never driven for a nationwide company so I cannot comment on whether they do the same things in regards to their drivers.

My first experience with a limo company
was as described above and that company owner never indicated on my check stubs if a client left any tip for me,
then when I received my tax forms, there was a W-2 and a 1099 form showing my tips totaling $4,308.00 as non employee income, I ended up being late filing my taxes because of that. I had to file extra paperwork so the IRS could determine if I was an employee or independent contractor.

After that experience, I agree with another former employee of that company that I remained friends with who says that dude is just right for an uppercut!

-- California


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