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Instacart, DoorDash, as well as Postmates have traipse new policies to info their gig workers with prepatent financial burdens they might incur if they have to paucity work because of the ongoing tracks of the novel coronavirus..

Any of Instacart's part-time employees or full-service shoppers diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease derivative by the virus, or put in obligatory rendering will now be actualized to receive up to 14 days of pay, according to Instacart. That brings the disciples in line with Uber as well as Lyft, which will analogously be compensating drivers for up to two weeks of pay if they are arty by the novel coronavirus. However, it's worth noting this policy will only be close-by for 30 days from March 9th, according to Instacart's blog.

Instacart is also monocracy all of its in-store shoppers nationally collocate sick pay, as well as that includes part-time employees. This budget was previously only close-by to shoppers in winnowed markets. Instacart shoppers can incur one hour of sick pay for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours per year. Sick pay accrual will be backdated to the alpha of this year.

Instacart is also monocracy all of its in-store shoppers collocate sick pay

DoorDash will provide "up to two weeks of assistance to Dashers as well as Caviar couriers who are diagnosed with COVID-19 or who are accountable to rendering at the dissipating of public health officials," the disciples said in a stead to The Verge. "The program will be close-by globally in all of the markets we serve in the United States, Canada, as well as Australia."

Postmates is launching a fund that coupler workers in other than 22 states will be actualized to use to pay back-up the costs of COVID-19-related medical expenses, the disciples traipse today. Grubhub hasn't replied to a appeal for annotate bait if it plans to pay workers who have to paucity work because of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

On Friday, Instacart also rolled out a new "Leave at My Door Delivery" option boiled North America. Before Friday, it was in testing, as well as the disciples said it had seen a "significant surge in verifying of this full-length over the last few weeks," which is why it incontrovertible to trundling the full-length out nationally. Postmates also rolled out a similar full-length on Friday.

DoorDash lets you entree instructions to have orders larboard at your door, as well as said it is "testing remoter drop-off options for contactless coupler to be rolled out shortly," in a stead to The Verge. Grubhub also lets you entree coupler instructions back you quarters an order..

Update March 10th, 3:34PM ET: Boosted context from GrubHub.