“Today’s rules will raise driver earnings by an average [of] $10,000 a year and require companies to be completely transparent on how they calculate pay and leasing costs,” she added.
On the other hand, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, commented, “App based drivers will now earn at least the equivalent of the City’s minimum wage, bringing more fairness to a gig economy that too often leaves working people behind.”
Meanwhile, Jim Conigliaro, Jr., the founder of the Independent Drivers Guild, said the new rules brought “desperately needed relief to 80,000 working families.” He added, “All workers deserve the protection of a fair, livable wage and we are proud to be setting the new bar for contractor workers’ rights in America.”
The new drivers’ earnings protection rules will take effect by the end of the year.
