As the share of gig workers in the US grows, new protections going into effect in several US cities will provide a test case for workers’ rights in a burgeoning sector of app-based work.
In Seattle and New York City, laws intended to bring delivery drivers up to minimum wage will change how workers for services like DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are paid. Rather than earning per trip, they will be compensated on a time and distance basis or at a rate every time they are offered a job.
The rules are already eliciting challenges from companies like Uber, DoorDash, Instacart and Grubhub, in the form of legal action, lobbying and public campaigns against the actions.
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