"App companies will be forced to stop firing workers without cause under a Council bill expected to pass today, ushering in a change that workers say will improve safety on the streets because they will no longer fear losing access to their livelihoods if they don't deliver food fast enough. During its last full meeting of the year, the Council will pass Intro 1332, introduced by outgoing Council Member Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge), which will allow app-delivery companies to deactivate workers' accounts only for a stated reason, require apps to give workers 120 days of notice before permanent removal, and allow workers to appeal deactivation."
"App-based workers who crisscross the city for DoorDash, Seamless, Relay, GrubHub, Uber Eats and Instacart have been sounding the alarm about pervasive and baseless deactivation followed by an intractable appeals process. Workers live in fear of their job being lost in an instant, causing them to prioritize speed over safety, advocates say. "In the past three years we have seen how the apps have gone from using deactivation as a disciplinary tool, not to incentivize safety, but to force workers to speed faster ... because they are under the constant threat of deactivation," said Ligia Guallpa, whose organization, the Workers Justice Project, supports the bill."
The Council will pass Intro 1332 to limit app-based companies from deactivating delivery workers without a stated reason. The law will require apps to provide 120 days' notice before permanent account removal and will create a mechanism for workers to appeal deactivations. Workers for DoorDash, Seamless, Relay, GrubHub, Uber Eats and Instacart report pervasive, unclear deactivations and a difficult appeals process that has caused fear and pressured them to prioritize speed over safety. The final measure is narrower than the original proposal, which would also have protected against temporary lockouts as well as permanent deactivations.
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