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Food Apps Get Fresh Pause on Delivery Minimum Wage - THE CITY
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GrubHub, Uber and DoorDash have secured a second pause on a new minimum wage for New York City food delivery workers — a delay that is costing drivers about $15 million a week, according to lawyers who’ve asked a state appeals court to let the law roll ahead.
Last week a state appellate judge issued an interim stay after the three food delivery app platforms appealed a court decision upholding the local law that mandates a pay minimum that is supposed to start at $17.96 an hour — the first delivery minimum wage in the nation.
Workers fired back Thursday, filing an amicus brief in support of the law. Workers Justice Project attorney Hanan Kolko alleges delivery cyclists and drivers lost $180 million in wages in the 12 weeks between July 12 — the date the law was supposed to go into effect — and Oct. 1.
“We strongly believe workers deserve a minimum pay and deserve to live with dignity,” said Workers Justice Project executive director Ligia Guallpa. “These are wages that workers already won, and that they already earned through their hard work on behalf of these companies – and that they are being denied.”
The pay standard is mandated by a 2021 law that increases pay annually starting this year, reaching $19.96 before tips by April 2025. The new minimum wage takes into account delivery workers’ costs of operating, from transportation equipment to insurance. App-based...
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