Comptroller’s ‘Wall of Shame’ Dashboard Reveals NYC’s Top Labor Violators for 2024

Comptroller’s ‘Wall of Shame’ Dashboard Reveals NYC’s Top Labor Violators for 2024

By: Amir Khafagy| documentedny.com | Editorial credit: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.com New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has released the Employer Violations Dashboard for the second year in a row, which lists companies with a history of labor violations, including Amazon, DoorDash, and Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Workers can be fired by […]

Council Overrides Mayoral Veto of Street Vendor and Delivery Worker Protection Bills

Council Overrides Mayoral Veto of Street Vendor and Delivery Worker Protection Bills

By: Haidee Chu and Claudia Irizarry Aponte | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com The City Council on Wednesday voted to approve four bills aimed at strengthening on-the-job protections for street vendors and app-based grocery delivery workers — overriding vetoes by Mayor Eric Adams of three of those bills while passing a new one. A […]

Over 90 Delivery Workers Claim DoorDash Stole Their Wages

Over 90 Delivery Workers Claim DoorDash Stole Their Wages

By DocumentedNy, Amir Khafagy | Editorial Credit: Erman Gunes / shutterstock.com NYC’s Consumer and Worker Protection Department is investigating DoorDash after immigrant workers allege the company owes them thousands in overdue wages. Beginning this year, the city implemented a historic minimum wage law for app-based delivery workers, raising wages from an average of $5.39 per hour before tips […]

500 Complaints and Counting: Delivery Workers Say Apps Have Failed to Comply with New Minimum Pay Rate

500 Complaints and Counting: Delivery Workers Say Apps Have Failed to Comply with New Minimum Pay Rate

By Amir Khafagy | February 5, 2024 | Documented When New York City’s minimum wage law for app-based delivery workers came into effect in December, workers were guaranteed a minimum wage of at least $17.96 per hour. Yet advocates and delivery workers say that apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub have been finding ways to avoid paying the […]

Opinion: Struggling NYC Delivery Workers Finally Got a Raise—And App Companies Are Punishing Us For It

Opinion: Struggling NYC Delivery Workers Finally Got a Raise—And App Companies Are Punishing Us For It

At the end of 2023, New York food delivery workers won a huge victory with an increase in our minimum wage. In response, app companies immediately conspired to push us back down. Now, customer tips we rely on to survive are on the line. The State Supreme Court’s November decision to uphold the city’s new law to […]

Court Clears Minimum Hourly Pay for NYC Food Delivery Workers

Court Clears Minimum Hourly Pay for NYC Food Delivery Workers

Deliveristas rally outside New York County Courthouse ahead of a hearing about minimum app pay rates, Aug. 3, 2023. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte | September 28, 2023 Judge affirms city rules mandating at least $17.96 an hour before tips for Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash workers, clearing New York as the first major […]