City of Seattle, WA

10/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/08/2024 09:35

Seattle Office of Labor Standards Announces Final Administrative Rules for App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance

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Cynthia Santana
Phone: 206-256-5219
Email: [email protected]

Seattle Office of Labor Standards Announces Final Administrative Rules for App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance

Seattle, WA - (October 8, 2024) The Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announces final administrative rules, Seattle Human Rights Rules (SHRR) Chapter 240, for the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 8.37.

On May 31, 2022, City of Seattle Council passed the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, SMC 8.37. This law is effective on January 13, 2024, and provides certain app-based gig workers several rights and protections, including minimum payment, transparency, and flexibility.

On November 28, 2023, OLS published Seattle Human Rights Rules (SHRR) Chapter 240, the administrative rules for SMC 8.37. In the published chapter, OLS reserved the rules section "Affirmative Production of Records (SHRR 240-160)."

OLS now announces updated and final SHRR Chapter 240, which includes a new rules section "Affirmative Production of Records (SHRR 240-160)," regulating the routine and affirmative records that covered network companies shall transmit to OLS, as well as updated rules sections "Definitions (SHRR 240-110)" and "Record keeping (SHRR 240-230)," which were amended pursuant to "Affirmative Production of Records (SHRR 240-160)."

Both the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance and the SHRR Chapter 240 can be viewed on the OLS website by clicking here: ABWMP Ordinance page. To learn more about Seattle's labor standards please click here or contact OLS at 206-256-5297.

  • Help for workers and the public: to ask a question, file a complaint, or provide information, call 206-256-5297, email [email protected], or click here to fill out a worker inquiry web form.   
  • Help for employers: for free and private assistance for compliance with Seattle's labor standards, call 206-256-5297, email [email protected] or click here to fill out an employer inquiry web form. 

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Office of Labor Standards, Source: Labor Standards