Seattle City Council approved new rules to ensure that companies such as DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub, Instacart and Amazon Flex are paying gig workers the city’s minimum wage, which is set at $17.27.
, a spokesman for DoorDash called PayUp “untested and hasty,” and said the standards would lead to higher costs for customers, fewer orders from businesses and reduced earnings for gig workers. Delivery “dashers” in Seattle make an average of $28 per hour when on delivery, the company boasted.displayed to app users, DoorDash also claimed the “Seattle City Council’s proposal” may cause “fee increases” of up to $5.
App companies dodge minimum-wage requirements by hiring workers as independent contractors rather than employees, a model theyinto a campaign to pass a statewide referendum in 2020. The companies claim their model provides workers with flexibility, but critics say it allows apps to pay as little as $2 per hour after expenses. In an email, Instacart said the “disastrous” policy would raise prices for consumers.
“It’s an absurd loophole that gig companies have built a business model to exploit, and we shouldn’t be incentivizing business models that rely on that kind loophole,” Wilson said in an interview.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
City of Seattle passes legislation that guarantees a minimum wage for delivery driversThe Seattle City Council has unanimously passed legislation that would guarantee a minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers and gig workers, making it the first city in the nation to do so.
Read more »
Seattle City Council passes PayUp legislation overwhelminglyPayUp now requires companies to pay-per-minute and per-mile rates to delivery drivers on apps like DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub to help the drivers earn the city’s $17.27 minimum wage.
Read more »
City of Seattle to dismiss and refund approximately 200,000 parking ticketsToday, the City of Seattle announced that it is voiding parking tickets and refunding paid parking tickets issued between September 1, 2021 and April 5, 2022.
Read more »
Seattle Student Union to hold rally against gun violence at city hall WednesdayThe union says it is “done with the notion that our lawmakers in Olympia did everything they could” to prevent gun violence.
Read more »
City of Seattle to void parking tickets issued between September and AprilApproximately 200,000 parking tickets issued within the city are now eligible to be canceled or refunded.
Read more »
LA City Council aims to speed approval of affordable housing unitsCouncilman Paul Krekorian said the motion is one of those that “sounds kind of technical and boring but it actually has the potential to be immensely impactful in our city’s ability to …
Read more »