Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip

Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by Zimahl on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:54PM (#19030674)

That might be legal in Texas, but in Washington it's explicitly illegal. In the state, tips are completely irrelevant to base pay, all employees must get paid at least minimum wage as base pay.

Instacart is going to get fucked very quickly by the Washington AG. This is as bad as Walmart not paying employees for overtime.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by jacurtis on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @08:37PM (#19031780)

Especially because Washington's Attorney General is particularly fond of jumping on cases like this, particularly worker rights. But he is also fond of keeping startups in line. So this is a double-whammy case for him.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by nerpderp83 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:24PM (#19032056)

I'd love to see someone at Instacsrt jailed for wage theft.

They should have to pay back "the winnings" by 3x and fire the people involved.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by pnathan on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:42PM (#19031076)

The WA AG is a bit on the antsy activist side too: this is like a great poster case for the anti-gig-worker advocates.

in any case, this is really awful for the poor drivers. I had no idea.

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