The Seattle City Council voted on Monday to require food delivery network companies like Uber Eats and Instacart to pay their shoppers at least an additional $2.50 per trip during the Covid-19 emergency.
The premium pay would come on top of the shoppers’ usual compensation. Another $1.25 would be added for each additional pickup or dropoff in Seattle. The intent of the measure is to compensate gig shoppers for performing essential work during the pandemic and for expenses they incur to protect themselves from the virus.
The new ordinance, which the council passed with a 9-0 veto-proof majority, would ...
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