“In a competitive market for drivers, California drivers are choosing to deliver for Grubhub more than ever before and now have more stability with guaranteed earnings before tips that are based on 120 percent of the local minimum wage and $.30 per mile during active delivery time, plus 100 percent of the tips they receive. “On tipping, what we have seen so far is that Grubhub drivers in California are receiving 20 percent higher total pay per order with Prop 22 than before,” they said in a statement. Researchers at the Berkeley Labor Center found in a recent study that Proposition 22 would actually result in a decrease in driver earnings to $5.64 an hour.Ī Grubhub/Seamless spokesperson told Motherboard that drivers are seeing a 20 percent increase in pay post-Prop 22 and they're seeing stable, guaranteed earnings before tips. Proposition 22 promised to provide ride-hail and delivery workers a guaranteed minimum pay of 120 percent of local minimum wage, a healthcare stipend, and some coverage of expense costs. All this was backgrounded by constant threats from the Prop 22 backers that the companies would leave the state if all else failed.

Waves of misleading political mailers and sponsored academic research were used to try and win over voters, while a targeted harassment campaign was launched against a vocal critic. It passed after a company-funded campaign spent well over $200 million (including millions donated to the California GOP) and deployed a record number of lobbyists. Proposition 22 was a ballot initiative that exempted gig companies from reclassifying their workers as employees rather than independent contractors. In California, the default tip was zero and went up to $1.50, with an option to enter a customized tip amount. Motherboard tested the app in New York and Washington D.C., where the tip option defaulted to 10 and 20 percent respectively. Seamless followed suit, with the exact same fees, prompts, and messages for customers who make deliveries through the Grubhub-owned platform.

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