Uber, Lyft Drivers Set for Pay Raise After Minnesota Bill Passes

Minnesota is poised to mandate pay raises for drivers at Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., preempting a Minneapolis measure that would have required even higher pay and had prompted threats from the companies to leave that city.

The measure (HF 5242), which Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) has said he will sign, will make Minnesota only the second state to regulate the pay of rideshare drivers via legislation, following Washington’s 2022 law. New York state’s attorney general announced minimum pay rates for drivers as part of a legal settlement with Lyft and Uber in November.

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