Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the
The law allows the workers to accrue and take paid days off — based on their average daily compensation, including tips — to care for themselves or family members who get sick. The idea was to reduce the financial pressure on them to keep working, possibly spreading the virus, at a time when people were becoming more reliant on gig workers to perform tasks like grocery delivery.
It also allows them them to take paid time off for other reasons, such as to seek help in domestic violence cases or to care for children whose schools were closed because of the pandemic.
The office said in a news release Thursday that
The company voluntarily fixed those issues, the office said.
The agreement includes nearly
The company said it had already set aside the latter amount for drivers who accrued sick time. Under the settlement, it is simply paying one of those days to each eligible driver now rather than later.
“Having access to paid sick days during this pandemic means we can keep our customers and our families safe and healthy,” one of the drivers,
"While the vast majority of workers claimed their Paid Sick and Safe Time without an issue, we’re grateful that the
The paid sick leave protections for gig workers expire 180 days after the end of the civil emergency declared by public officials in response to the pandemic.
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