Minnesota Takes Steps to Protect Gig Workers' Rights.

The Minnesota Legislature has passed a bill that would set minimum pay rates for Uber and Lyft drivers and establish greater protections against wrongful termination. The bill requires transportation network companies, including Uber and Lyft, to pay drivers a $5 minimum fee plus $1.45 per mile and $0.34 per minute in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. Drivers in greater Minnesota would be entitled to $1.25 per mile and $0.34 per minute. The bill also includes protections for drivers against wrongful deactivation. Uber and Lyft both blasted the bill and urged Gov. Tim Walz to issue his first ever veto in more than four years in office.