A coalition of app-based delivery drivers is pushing the Seattle City Council to adopt city-wide labor standards and minimum wage thresholds for their industry.
builds on minimum wage protections passed by the council in 2020, which established a $16.39 an hour minimum wage for rideshare drivers, paying out $0.56 per minute and $1.33 per mile driven while transporting passengers. In practice, this new bill would set a $17.27 an hour minimum wage for most app-based delivery and service drivers working for companies like Instacart, Uber Eats, Rover, and more, while helping cover baseline expenses.
The bill would also require employers to provide offer information, electronic receipts, and company records to employees to increase transparency around effective wages. Herbold frames PayUp as the latest in a series of catch-up attempts by local government to adapt labor laws to an economy that has been turned on its head by the tech industry and the pandemic. Current estimates put the number of gig-workers in the Seattle area at 40,000, a number that has increased “exponentially” since the pandemic.
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