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Postmates to pay $1M to Seattle gig workers in settlement

Postmates to pay $1M to Seattle gig workers in settlement Aug. 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Postmates logo displayed on a smartphone. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett SEATTLE (AP) Online food delivery platform Postmates has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations it violated the city’s paid sick leave policies for gig workers, Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards said. The city said in a news release that most of the money will go toward back wages and damages to the 1,646 Postmates gig workers in Seattle, The Seattle Times reported. The city began investigating last fall after drivers alleged Postmates didn’t pay them for paid sick time off under the city’s Gig Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time policy, which went into effect in July 2020.

Postmates To Pay Seattle Workers Nearly $1M in Sick Leave Settlement

Postmates To Pay Seattle Workers Nearly $1M in Sick Leave Settlement On 8/4/21 at 8:09 PM EDT Postmates has agreed to pay its Seattle workers almost $1 million in a settlement over allegations that it violated a city policy surrounding sick leave pay for gig workers. Seattle s Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced the agreement Wednesday, saying the amount of $927,555.09 will go to 1,646 workers for back wages, interest, liquidated damages and civil penalties. $22,260.40 will be paid in fines to the City of Seattle. For years, us couriers were missing out on many benefits that we need and that we should have received from the start, said Shawn W. Gray, a Postmates driver, in a City of Seattle press release.

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