"Delivery Apps Raise Fees in Response to Seattle's Minimum Pay Law"
Seattle's new App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, which requires minimum payments to app-based workers, has led to higher delivery fees from services like DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber Eats. The ordinance guarantees workers a minimum payment based on time and distance traveled for each offer, resulting in increased costs for companies. In response, these delivery services are raising prices, curbing benefits, and warning of adverse effects on drivers, consumers, and merchants. Uber and Uber Eats anticipate a loss of orders for small businesses and diminished work opportunities for drivers, while Instacart is ending certain perks for its shoppers in Seattle.