‘Defining moment’: Food delivery drivers secure minimum hourly wage

After years of negotiations, workers delivering for platforms such as Uber Eats and DoorDash will now have a legally enforced minimum wage of $31.30 per hour.

After years of negotiations, workers delivering for platforms such as Uber Eats and DoorDash will now have a legally enforced minimum wage of $31.30 per hour.

Elias Bitar/Getty From next Monday, August 17, thousands of food delivery workers across Australia will benefit from new workplace protections – including new minimum hourly rates of pay. That’s because on Tuesday, a new minimum standards order was handed down by an expert panel of the Fair Work Commission. The order c

Fair Work Commission issues a new minimum standards order for gig workers to come into effect 17 August Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of $31.30 (US $22.05/£16.35) an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreem

A delivery food driver in Miami Gardens, Florida, managed to pull his gun and fatally shoot an alleged armed robber in self-defense around 1:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon.