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Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
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Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage::New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I get the legal distinction between 1099 and W-2 worker but it's pretty crazy that it's allowed to pay someone below minimum wage because of that distinction.

Like, SOMEONE is doing an hour of labor, and it's allowed that they get paid less than the minimum wage? Is there actually any reason we as a society should be OK with that, or is it just a legal technicality we can't get rid of without making a bunch of plumbers making $80/hr fill out paperwork ensuring they make more than the minimum?