“We’ve worked tirelessly to ensure that workers on the Postmates’ platform got the paid sick and safe time to which they were entitled, and we look forward to our continued partnership with OLS.” “While these issues arose before our purchase of Postmates was finalized, we appreciate the Office of Labor Standards’ close coordination with us to correct any outstanding issues,” says an Uber spokesperson. In December 2020, Uber acquired Postmates, and the company did not admit to any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. OLS says it also has two other active investigations going related to PSST, but did not reveal further details. Drivers should expect to find payments from the lawsuit within the next 30 days. The Office of Labor Standards began an investigation last fall after local workers raised concerns that Postmates was not adequately instituting these benefits, and allegedly violated several other aspects of the law, including failure to provide them with notice of the policy or their sick time balance. Workers can use up to three days of paid sick time before being required to produce a doctor’s note or other proof of care, with compensation recalculated every month to reflect earnings changes. It also allows gig workers to use PSST in 24-hour increments to care for themselves or a family member for health reasons, situations related to domestic violence or sexual assault, or if a loved one’s school or place of care has been closed. Seattle’s ordinance, which the city council passed unanimously and went into effect last July, allows drivers for third-party delivery apps like Postmates access to paid sick time - one day off for every 30 calendar days worked, accrued retroactively to October 2019 (or whenever each worker started employment). The settlement includes $949,815.49 in back wages, interest, liquidated damages, and civil penalties to 1,646 gig workers, along with $22,260.40 in fines to the City of Seattle. On Wednesday, August 4, Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced that it has settled a lawsuit for nearly $1 million with third-party delivery app Postmates over alleged violations of the city’s Gig Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) ordinance. Gig workers in Seattle just scored a major victory.
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