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Online Third-Party Food Delivery Services
Online Third-Party Food Delivery Services Industry
NYC law regulates online third-party food delivery services and third-party courier services in NYC ("restaurant delivery apps" or “apps") and provides pay and workplace protections for delivery workers.
Delivery Workers
If you do restaurant deliveries for an app, you have rights regardless of your immigration status.
- File a complaint
- Ask a question
- Read Notice of Rights: NYC Food Delivery Workers
- Read Frequently Asked Questions for Food Delivery Worker Laws
- Learn more about your rights as a delivery worker
Delivery Apps
If you are a delivery app, know your responsibilities and learn about requirements.
Restaurants Using Delivery Apps
If your restaurant uses an app to take customer orders for delivery or pickup, know your rights and responsibilities.
Consumers Using Delivery Apps
If you are a consumer using a delivery app, know your rights.
Minimum Pay Rate
If you do restaurant deliveries for an app, your app must pay you at least $21.44 per hour (not including tips) for time you spend making deliveries. This minimum will increase on April 1 each year. Apps must follow additional rules that increase pay.
Due to an ongoing lawsuit, DCWP is not currently enforcing the minimum pay rate for Relay Delivery, Inc. workers.
DCWP publishes quarterly data about the impact of the Minimum Pay Rate on workers and the industry.
Notice of Workers' Rights and FAQ
If you do restaurant deliveries for an app, you have rights in addition to minimum pay.
View Notice of Rights for NYC Food Delivery Workers in: English | Español (Spanish) | عربي (Arabic) | বাংলা (Bengali) | 中文 - 简化字 (Chinese - Simplified) | 中文 - 繁體字 (Chinese - Traditional) | Français (French) | Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole) | 한국어 (Korean) | Język Polski (Polish) | Русский (Russian) | ردو (Urdu)
Read Frequently Asked Questions for Food Delivery Worker Laws.
Page updated on 04/01/2025.