The City Council is expected to pass a package of bills on Monday expanding legislation that improved working conditions for food delivery workers to include nearly 20,000 grocery delivery workers.

A groundbreaking package of bills passed in 2021 set a minimum pay and addressed difficult working conditions for app-based food delivery workers, but only those who delivered food from restaurants through apps like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats.

The new legislation will require third-party app companies, like Instacart and Shipt, to pay grocery delivery workers a minimum of $21.44 an hour to match the increase food delivery workers received in April.

The bills, five in total, will also mandate that the companies provide an option in their apps to give at least a 10 percent tip, before or at the same time an order is placed, and that the companies must pay workers within seven days of the end of a pay period.

The delivery industry, which boomed during the Covid-19 pandemic, has continued to grow in New York City with over 100 million deliveries from third-party apps. According to the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, there are around 60,000 restaurant delivery workers in addition to grocery delivery workers.

“It’s a huge milestone to make app delivery work more dignified, better paid and safer in our streets,” said Ligia Guallpa, a co-founder of Workers Justice Project. Her group organizes Los Deliveristas Unidos, an advocacy group for delivery workers.