Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics

Massachusetts Uber/Lyft Ballot Proposition Would Create Subminimum Wage: Drivers Could Earn as Little as $4.82 an HourBY KEN JACOBS AND MICHAEL REICH ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2021CENTER ON WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS, GIG ECONOMY, LOW-WAGE WORK, PUBLIC POLICYDOWNLOAD:

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Uber and Lyft, along with a group of delivery network companies, have filed a ballot proposition in Massachusetts to create a separate set of labor standards for their drivers. The proposition, which could be on the November 2022 ballot, is modeled on Proposition 22 in California. As in California, the Massachusetts proposition claims drivers will receive a guaranteed pay equal to 120 percent of the minimum wage, which would calculate to $18 when the proposition would take effect.