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A comment on Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage. Parent comment

Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage by oh_sigh on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:01PM (#19100526)
If the dashers need to be upped to minimum wage, it is probably true that your tip is going towards them, but it affects how much money they get from doordash
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Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage by rconti on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:27PM (#19100740)
Aren't they paid via 1099 (contractor basis) and thus minimum wage is meaningless anyway?
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Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage by AlexandrB on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:04AM (#19105594)
Insane. Since the courts seem to agree that "gig" workers are contractors, it seems like we need a new labor movement to secure all the same benefits for contractors that employees get.
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Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage by redblacktree on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:43PM (#19111332)
Perhaps a nice clear line we could draw would be individuals who are treated as 1099s. This way, companies could still use it and pay their own taxes, while defacto employees would be treated similarly to W-2s.
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