Minimum Pay Floor

Gig workers deserve a minimum pay floor.

Gig workers established a minimum pay floor of at least minimum wage for every hour worked on an active job with tips on top, plus the cost of mileage and other expenses paid by contractors. This is the first law in the country to set a pay floor for gig work.

The details:

Under this PayUp policy, a pay floor must be met based on “engaged” time and miles spent on the job — from when it’s accepted/started to when it’s completed.

Minimum compensation: Network companies must pay the greater of

Minimum per-minute amount of $0.44 and a per-mile amount of $0.74.

Minimum per-offer amount of $5

Rate Updates: Updated rates for the per-mile, per-minute, and per-offer amounts are effective on January 13, 2024, and January 1 of each year thereafter. These rates will increase based on annual inflation and standard mileage rate adjustments. The first adjustment of per-offer amount will be on January 1, 2025.

Tips on top: Tips must always be on top of pay. They can’t be factored into the pay floor, or factored into any guaranteed pay the company offers.

Apps could still offer more than the pay floor for a given job. And they could still adjust pay based on customer demand and offer bonuses and incentives — as long as each job meets that minimum standard.

This policy goes into effect January 13th, 2024, under CB 120294.

Questions on how this law works? See our FAQs page here.

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