MinimumWage

Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub are suing for an injunction to stop New York City's new $18 minimum wage law for food delivery app workers, The Washington Post has reported. The app delivery platforms are asking for a temporary restraining order against the new rules, set to be implemented on July 12th. "We will not stand by and let the harmful impacts of this earnings standard on New York City customers, merchants, and the delivery workers it was intended to support go unchecked," a DoorDash spokesperson told CNN.  The…

More than half the states in the U.S. are set to lift their minimum wages in the coming year, but the effects could be muted because many low-income workers already earn more than mandated due to strong labor demand.Wages have surged, particularly for low-wage workers, since the pandemic for several reasons, including widespread labor shortages. Many employers say they have to pay more than federal, state and local minimum wages to recruit and hold on to restaurant servers, hotel housekeepers, retail store clerks and…