Dive Brief: Dive Insight: The settlement marks a win for Seattle’s regulatory authorities, which have sought to enforce the city’s independent contractor and minimum pay laws since they took effect. Those laws were part of a tide of regulations passed by major municipalities in the first years after the COVID-19 pandemic that forced app-based delivery …
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Truckers as well as drivers for such rideshare apps as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and GrubHub could be classified as regular company employees and not freelance workers in New Jersey under a new rule proposed by the state Department of Labor. The rules could increase labor costs for those businesses and others that use freelancers. But …
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Base pay is an increasingly large share of delivery worker pay, as tipping has fallen off sharply in NYC. The DCWP found that consumer tips did fall year-over-year in Q1 2024 by about 66%, from $9.9 million per week to just $3.4 million, while fees paid to the apps by consumers shot …
European Union countries reached a compromise Monday that breaks a logjam on planned rules over workers’ rights in the gig economy by keeping the most important decisions in the hands of member states. The agreement marks a turning point in the EU’s years-long efforts to set clearer employment rights for millions of delivery couriers and …
The Department of Labor on Tuesday enacted a new rule aimed at preventing the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. The effort, first proposed in October 2022, provides a guide to whether a worker is an employee or an independent operator under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a difference that could afford someone key legal protections and …
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Uber is not happy with Seattle’s lawmakers — and it’s showing up on customer receipts for food delivery orders. The company announced this week that it is jacking up delivery fees for Uber Eats in response to new worker legislation that is set to take effect this weekend in Seattle. The law, originally passed in May …
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Two Pizza Hut operators in California are eliminating their in-house delivery services at hundreds of stores, resulting in more than 1,200 driver layoffs, according to federal-employment notices reviewed by Business Insider. The layoffs, effective throughout February, affect Pizza Hut delivery drivers across California, including at Sacramento, Palm Springs, and Los Angeles locations. The Pizza Hut franchisees are …
At least 2,000 Pizza Hut workers in Southern California are facing layoffs next year when a new law increasing the fast-food minimum wage in California goes into effect in April. A company franchise is set to lay off more than 1,200 delivery drivers in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties in the coming year, ahead of a …
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DoorDash will give delivery workers the option to be paid a guaranteed hourly minimum rate instead of being paid per delivery, the company said Wednesday. The new option, a novelty in the gig worker industry, comes as DoorDash and other app-based gig companies like Lyft and Uber will have to provide New York City delivery workers with …
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A new rule regarding the minimum wage for app food delivery workers in New York City has led to DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber all filing lawsuits against the city. You know, just in case you thought ordering dinner was a simple, straightforward transaction. The new NYC law, which passed in June and was initially scheduled to take effect July 12 (more …
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