LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge has given class action status to a group of Nevada limousine drivers who are suing the state’s largest limo company.
The drivers claim Bell Trans didn’t pay drivers for time spent on the job while they weren’t transporting passengers.
In an order Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert C. Jones says that although limo drivers aren’t entitled to minimum wage under state law, they can pursue a claim that their employer violated the law by not paying drivers at all for time worked.
Jones says a class action involving more than 1,000 Bell Trans drivers is the most efficient way to dispose of the case.
Jones had dismissed some of the drivers’ claims in June after Bell Trans argued they don’t have the right to sue for minimum wages.
The Associated Press left a message with Bell Trans seeking comment Thursday.
well dont forget all the other money thay charge the drivers like charter fees and car washes and radio fee and the drivers have to buy the ice and the drivers have to buy there own cleaning supplys and the drivers are charged for any dammage to the car and the drivers have to put up with the abuse for some of the bells mgmt i mean verble very verble abuse and then when this is all over the feds need to come in and shut down there bussiness for bad bussiness pratices thay need to be invastageted for all there bussiness dealings and the dot need to do veicales inspection on all there busses and limo and taxie also and look at there matince records there is just so much wrong with these people thanks
and in reno the bells are getting rid of alle the long term drivers for no reason at all thay started to get rid of the drivers back in july 2007 and it is a shame that the uppers in las vegas dont pay attetion to the bell kid that runs reno and fire him the drivers in reno were happy until he started with his ego and he is just running the companey name into the ground the bell in vegas just need to look at as to why he dosent have any long term drivers there it is all because of this guy ego so you can think him for the reno drivers sineing up for this and thay need to watch him very closeley as to the other things he is doing i hope the feds dont come in and shut it all down for the people left behind this guy is a time bomb so the bell in vegas need to call the drivers and just ask them what is going on thay will be scratching there heads i challange them to do so i will waite for the call thanks from reno nevada