Paid sick time rate of pay.
(1) A transportation network company must pay drivers their average hourly compensation for each hour of paid sick time used, as established by RCW
49.46.210.
(2) "Average hourly compensation" means a driver's compensation during passenger platform time for, or facilitated by, the transportation network company during the 365 days immediately prior to the day that paid sick time is used, divided by the total hours of passenger platform time worked by the driver on that transportation network company's driver platform during that period. A transportation network company may also calculate the "average hourly compensation" by adopting a consistent practice of dividing the last 12 full calendar months immediately prior to the day that paid sick time is used by the total hours of passenger platform time worked by the driver on that transportation network company's driver platform during that period. "Average hourly compensation" includes bonus and incentive pay. "Average hourly compensation" does not include tips or reimbursements.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a transportation network company from providing a more generous rate of average hourly compensation.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.46.300(16) and chapter
49.46 RCW. WSR 22-24-034, ยง 296-128-99150, filed 11/30/22, effective 1/1/23.]