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Lawmakers hear proposals to classify delivery app drivers as employees and add small delivery surcharge
Summary
At a State House hearing, supporters urged lawmakers to treat app-based food delivery drivers as employees, require pay and mileage protections, and add a small per-delivery surcharge split between municipalities and the commonwealth to fund local and state priorities.
Senator Edwards told a joint legislative hearing that she was testifying on two bills aimed at the app-based delivery industry, saying the measures "affirm employee standards and, pay. It ensures mileage reimbursement." The bills focus on delivery drivers, she said, who increasingly work full time on platforms such as Instacart and Uber Eats.
The proposal discussed includes House Bill H1339 (Vargas) and a Senate companion, S1305, described by Edwards as "an act establishing protections and accountability for DNC workers, consumers, and communities." Edwards said the bills would make clear that many delivery drivers qualify as employees, ensure mileage reimbursement and wage standards, and…
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