A federal judge in Manhattan has denied DoorDash and Uber Eats’ plea to keep New York City from enacting new tipping legislation, aimed at putting more money in the pockets of tens of thousands of delivery workers.
The court decision comes days before new legislation takes effect Monday. It requires that users be given the option to tip delivery workers at checkout, instead of after placing their orders, and sets the default tip to at least 10%.
It bodes well for the city’s ongoing efforts to regulate wages and working conditions for delivery workers, including setting minimum wage requirements in recent years. Earlier this month, city regulators accused Uber and DoorDash of costing delivery workers more than $550 million after altering their apps’ interfaces in order to discourage users from tipping…