New York City Delivery Drivers’ Minimum Wage Increases to $17.96New York City skyline from the upper west sideSource: Andy Sotiriou/Getty ImagesBeginning July 12, 2023, New York City app-based delivery workers must be paid a minimum wage of $17.96 before tips. The city’s 60,000 delivery workers have been paid about $11 an hour, which is lower than the state’s $15 minimum wage. Should delivery workers earn the state minimum wage or more? Regardless of what the minimum wage is, should anyone earn less than minimum wage? SourceStefanos Chen, “New York City Sets New Minimum Wage for Food Delivery Workers,” nytimes.com, June 12, 2023

Source: New York Times June 20, 2023 13:50 UTC