Author: By Spencer Pauley and Center Square
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‘We can’t pay rent’: Seattle app-based workers demand repeal of gig laws
(The Center Square) – Recently enacted legislation intended to help app-based delivery drivers receive fair wages is instead hurting delivery drivers, business owners and customers. Seattle’s App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance and the App-Based Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance went into effect on Jan. 13. The App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance requires network companies to pay the…