Court temporarily blocks NYC Uber drivers' scheduled pay raise
The rate increase was scheduled to go into effect on December 19th.New York City Uber drivers won’t get a raise before the holidays after all. On Tuesday evening, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice granted Uber’s request for a temporary restraining order on drivers’scheduled to go into effect on December 19th. New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted on the pay raise in November.
As part of the TLC’s new rules, Uber drivers’ per-minute rates would go up by 7.18 percent, and per-mile rates would increase by 16.11 percent. So, for example, a 7.5-mile trip taking 30 minutes would earn a driver at least $27.15 — $2.50 higher than the current rate. An inflation-based pay raise is also scheduled for March 2023.suggests it would pass the extra costs onto riders while framing the worker raise as bad for business.
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