Section 296-128-99130 - Paid sick time accrual(1) Drivers accrue earned paid sick time for all passenger platform time worked. A driver must accrue at least one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours of passenger platform time worked. Transportation network companies may provide drivers with a more generous paid sick time accrual rate.(2) Drivers who provide network services on a driver platform shall accrue paid sick time for all passenger platform hours performed on or after January 1, 2023.(3) Transportation network companies are not required to allow drivers to accrue paid sick time for any time not considered passenger platform time. Transportation network companies are not required but may choose to allow drivers to accrue paid sick time for time not considered passenger platform time.(4) Transportation network companies must allow drivers to carry over at least 40 hours of accrued, unused paid sick time to the following calendar year. However, a transportation network company may allow for more than 40 hours of accrued, unused paid sick time to carry over to the following calendar year. If a driver carries over unused paid sick time to the following calendar year, accrual of paid sick time in the subsequent year would be in addition to the hours accrued in the previous calendar year and carried over.(5) Transportation network companies may cap carryover of accrued, unused paid sick time to the following calendar year at 40 hours. Transportation network companies may allow for a more generous carryover of accrued, unused paid sick time to the following calendar year.(6) If a driver does not record any passenger platform time on a transportation network company's driver platform for 365 consecutive calendar days, the transportation company may choose to allow any earned paid sick time to expire. A transportation network company must make available for use any unused earned paid sick time to a driver with less than a consecutive 365-day gap between recording passenger platform time for the transportation network company.Wash. Admin. Code § 296-128-99130
Adopted by WSR 22-24-034, Filed 11/30/2022, effective 1/1/2023