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.
The legislation 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.
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Sponsored by Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Andrew Lewis, the first in a series of bills under the moniker “PayUp” is currently under consideration with the council at large.
“We need a long-term solution that holistically addresses… sub-minimum-wages [for app-based delivery drivers]…There’s no other way around it. This is why PayUp is so important,” Herbold said Thursday.
The new legislation would take into account what it considers “engaged time” and “engaged miles.” In practice, this would mean that drivers are paid for all aspects of labor involved in ferrying deliveries to and from a pickup as soon as an order is accepted.
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