Instacart parent company Maplebear Inc. and a food industry group shouldn’t get to pursue some claims in their challenge to a Seattle law guaranteeing delivery drivers extra pay during the pandemic, Washington state’s top court said Thursday.
Seattle passed an ordinance requiring food delivery companies to pay gig workers at least $2.50 extra for each online order they fulfilled during the coronavirus emergency. Instacart and the Washington Food Industry Association challenged the ordinance on statutory and constitutional grounds.
The lower court shouldn’t have allowed the challengers’ equal protection and privileges and immunities claims to move forward, a divided Washington Supreme ...