Nearly 40 Drivers Hit Mears Destination Services with Unpaid Wage Lawsuit

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Thirty-eight plaintiffs have attached their names to a proposed collective and class action that alleges defendant Mears Destination Services, Inc. and six individuals with operational control of the business are responsible for the non-payment of proper minimum and overtime wages. The lawsuit claims the defendant, which does business as Mears Transportation Group, executes an illegal “scheme” of misclassifying its taxicab, limo, coach and shuttle drivers as independent contractors to skirt its Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) obligations.

“Mears intentionally misclassifies these luxury chauffeurs as independent contractors in a scheme to avoid paying minimum and overtime wages, employment taxes, benefits, and certain ordinary business expenses,” the 61-page complaint reads. “For these luxury chauffeurs, life working for Mears in the Disney heartland is anything but magical.”