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Permanent paid sick leave for more of Seattle's app-based workers now law

Summary by Ground News

Seattle is the first U.S. city to guarantee such benefits on a permanent basis for app-based employees. The law permanently enshrines a temporary measure that mandated paid sick and safe leave for some food delivery workers. The new law expands the type of workers covered from food delivery employees to those working for a slew of apps.

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Seattle law grants most gig workers paid sick leave

Seattle marks the first city to permanently offer paid sick leave for gig workers.

1 year ago·United States

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abc 6 Philadelphia

City grants most gig workers paid sick leave

Seattle marks the first city to permanently offer paid sick leave for gig workers.

1 year ago·Philadelphia, United States

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Seattle law grants most gig workers paid sick leave

Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(SEATTLE) -- Seattle will provide paid sick and safe leave for most gig workers under a new law, becoming the first U.S. city to guarantee such benefits on a permanent basis for app-based employees. Workers who perform tasks for companies like Instacart, Postmates and DoorDash will accrue a day of paid sick leave for every 30 days they do work in Seattle. While on leave, workers will receive pay based on their average da…

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The Center Square

Permanent paid sick leave for more of Seattle's app-based workers now law

(The Center Square) – Seattle’s app-based workers will see permanent paid sick and "safe time" benefits following a council bill being signed into law.

1 year ago·United States

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The Stranger

Seattle City Council Gives Some Gig Workers Paid Sick Time

Seattle gig workers keep pandemic era sick time, but not the workers who never got it in the first place. by Hannah Krieg On Tuesday the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to extend a pandemic policy that gives some app-based and gig workers the right to paid sick time. The first-in-the-nation policy, introduced by Council Member Teresa Mosqueda, comes just in the nick of time. If the council did not act by the end of the month, the workers …

1 year ago·Seattle, United States

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