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If tips don't put you above minimum wage, does Doordash need to top you up? Or is that part of the appeal of being a contractor - that you can get paid below mi
by oh_sigh 3y ago
If tips don't put you above minimum wage, does Doordash need to top you up? Or is that part of the appeal of being a contractor - that you can get paid below minimum wage legally?
- thecyborganizer 3y agoPaying a fee per job done, rather than a wage per hour of labor, is literally the entire point of the gig economy. Uber/DoorDash/etc. claim this is a perk, since you can set your own hours. However, food delivery gig workers in New York City and a few other places have recently successfully won the right to earn a fixed minimum wage: https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/09/28/minimum-hourly-pay-court-uber-grubhub-doordash-deliveristas/ https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/09/28/minimum-hourly-pay-court-...
- sleepybrett 3y agothe second one. There was a big fight in washington/seattle https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-city-council-app-workers-minimum-wage/281-39aa4343-b0da-465c-82c1-3e125c8f13d0 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-cit... Lot's of misinfo/disinfo being disseminated from doordash/instacart etc about how unfair it is and how it will kill it's business. If your business can't survive your workers being paid minimum wage, maybe you shouldn't be in business.
- laweijfmvo 3y agothe entire US economy it seems is contingent on not doing anything properly, including paying reasonable wages
- sleepybrett 3y agoall 'great' civilizations are built on a slave or near slave class