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Ethnic e-Grocer, Weee! headquartered in the US was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons during the beginning of 2023. Two delivery drivers Yi 'Sunny' Song (Song) and Xiangyang 'James' Ji (Ji) sued the e-Grocer for various allegations related to multiple violations of California Labour Code. The allegations were unlawful payment deductions from drivers' allowances, besides failing to provide the drivers with adequate meal breaks and also classifying regular staff as independent contractors. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California in Alameda County by Sanford Heisler Sharp, a public interest and civil rights law firm. The content of the lawsuit brought forward the fact that the ethnic e-Grocery brand, whose business model relied on an effective delivery network had a longstanding history of labour code violations against the delivery partners. With employees expressing their grievances, would the e-Grocer be able to amicably work towards a sustainable solution?