Dive Brief:

• Justice Llinét Rosado of the New York State Supreme Court Apellate Division denied two moves to appeal and stay filed by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub that would have ensnared New York City’s delivery minimum wage rule in further court proceedings, public records show.
• Uber Eats and DoorDash both decried the ruling. DoorDash said in an emailed statement it would “explore all paths forward to ensure these minimum pay rules work for everyone,” though the company did not clarify what these efforts would entail.
• The $17.96 minimum rate should be evident in workers’ next pay cycle, though each aggregator operates on a different pay schedule, the city wrote in an email. DoorDash, for example, said said the rule had not yet taken effect.

Dive Insight:

New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga described the ruling as a win for workers, “The minimum pay rate of at least $17.96 per hour will help lift thousands of New Yorkers and their families out of poverty, while still allowing flexibility for both apps and workers.”

The wage rule sets delivery workers minimum hourly pay at $17.96, rising to $19.96 an hour, based on a combination of base pay, pay for workers compensation insurance and to defray expenses.

Rosado’s decision ends this stage of the appeals fight for the delivery aggregators, and reinforces a judge’s Sept. 28 decision to reject an injunction against the rule. According to the documents rejecting the companies...

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