app-based drivers

Amazon, facing suit over use of driver tips, launches driver tipping feature

Amazon this week revealed a new way for customers to thank their delivery drivers — but those drivers could be due for an apology too.

On Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) rolled out a feature that will give delivery drivers an additional $5 when a customer tells his or her Alexa device, “Alexa, thank my driver.”

Amazon — not the customer — will make the payment to the driver who delivered that customer’s most recent package. The feature will apply to the first million thank-you’s, and the five...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-facing-suit-over-use-of-driver-tips-launches-driver-tipping-feature

Uber reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with city of Chicago

Having previously taken aim at DoorDash and Grubhub, but to no avail, the city of Chicago finally got a win this week.

On Monday, the Office of the Mayor of Chicago announced the city had reached a massive settlement with Uber (NYSE: UBER) platforms Uber Eats and Postmates. Uber will pay out a total of about $10 million, which includes around $3.3 million the company repaid merchants in 2021.

Lawmakers accused the food delivery platform of charging restaurants excessive fees during the pandemic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-reaches-multimillion-dollar-settlement-with-city-of-chicago

Xpede launches on-demand delivery of keys, cell phones, wallets and more

There’s a new player in the app-based delivery space — but food isn’t on the menu.

Launched this week in six select California counties, Garden Grove-based Xpede is looking to fill a very different niche in the on-demand delivery industry. Rather than working with restaurants or grocery stores, the startup instead offers delivery and pickup of personal belongings (things like wallets, keys and cell phones), packages and even legal documents.

Currently, Xpede’s rapid delivery service is available...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/xpede-launches-on-demand-delivery-of-keys-cell-phones-wallets-and-more

NYC proposes $24 minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers

A little over a year after the New York City Council approved a legislative package aimed at improving working conditions for app-based delivery drivers, city officials are following through on one of the legislation’s key provisions.

Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER), DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) and Grubhub (OCTUS: JTKWY) drivers in the Big Apple could earn a minimum wage of nearly $24 an hour by 2025 if the city approves a proposal passed down by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nyc-proposes-24-minimum-wage-for-app-based-delivery-drivers

Oklahoma law exempts delivery services from trucking regulations

An exemption for local delivery companies – including food delivery platforms and Amazon Flex drivers – from regulations generally used to regulate trucking companies in the state of Oklahoma has been signed into law.

The bill, the Oklahoma Courier Application Services Act, was proposed by Republican Sen. Micheal Bergstrom. It passed both chambers in Oklahoma and was signed by Gov. Kevin Still earlier this month. The law goes into effect Nov. 1.

“Delivery services like Uber Eats, DoorDash,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/oklahoma-law-exempts-delivery-services-from-trucking-regulations

The fight for drivers’ rights heads to New York Supreme Court

A new suit in New York claims that rideshare companies Via Transportation and its black car-owned Flatiron Transit (collectively Via) have refused to settle disputes with drivers through arbitration and asks the court to either order Via to participate and pay for the arbitration proceeding or assign the suit class action status for the more than 800 members.

The case, Gideon Itenberg v. Via Transportation, was filed March 2 in New York Supreme Court (Case index number: 0651432/2021). Felix Lam...

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