"As we noted throughout this legislative process, we are deeply concerned not with the individual earnings requirement itself, but with the potential for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to implement a utilization-based' requirement under the legislation, just as they did for restaurant delivery platforms a few years ago, Dudeck, chief corporate affairs officer at Instacart, wrote in the letter."
"The company underscored its stance in a letter to the council on Aug. 26 that fully supports the pay hike, marking a significant shift in how the business has vocalized its opinion on the topic. While Instacart led the effort to block Intros. 1133-A and 1135-A, two bills that would give delivery app workers more money and perks, the letter to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams from Instacart executive Dani Dudeck states that the company's concerns have always pointed to changes in business, rather than employee pay,"
"This is exactly what happened when City Hall raised the minimum wage for app-based restaurant delivery workers, Instacart reps said. Most recently, the pay for these workers in the Big Apple jumped to $21.44, which DCWP and Mayor Eric Adams announced on April 1. As we saw from the results of that law's implementation, this approach threatens to completely eliminate the flexibility grocery delivery workers tell us is the prima"
Instacart announced conditional support for a $21.44 hourly minimum for grocery delivery workers provided the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) avoids implementing a utilization-based calculation that would force shift scheduling and remove flexibility. Instacart earlier opposed Intros. 1133-A and 1135-A due to concerns about business-model changes rather than individual pay levels. Instacart cited the prior implementation of a restaurant-delivery wage rule as an example where utilization rules reduced worker flexibility. Instacart emphasized preference for preserving independent scheduling and warned against calculating systems that obligate shifts.
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