What’s News, Breaking: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
APP-BASED DELIVERY WORKERS WOULD EARN $23.82 UNDER PROPOSED PAY RATE: A first-of-its-kind proposed minimum pay rate would boost the hourly earnings to $23.82 per hour for NYC’s more than 60,000 app-based restaurant delivery workers. Making the announcement today, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga indicated that the pay hike — if fully implemented, would consist of a $19.86 base rate, $2.26 to cover workers’ expenses, and $1.70 to reflect the absence of workers’ compensation insurance, because the apps consider the delivery persons to be independent contractors rather than employees.
The proposed rate, which would be finalized after a public hearing and consideration of public comments, would be $17.87 upon taking effect, and would increase to $23.82, adjusted for inflation, when it is fully phased-in on April 1, 2025, and must be paid to delivery workers based on trip time—time spent delivering—and on-call time—time spent connected to the app, waiting for a trip offer.
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