- (1) A transportation network company must establish regularly scheduled payment intervals for compensation, tips and gratuities, reimbursements, or any other amounts due to a driver. The scheduled interval must occur at least bi-weekly. Nothing in this provision prevents a transportation company from establishing a more frequent interval or paying in advance of a scheduled payday, such as an instant payment.
- (2) A transportation network company must pay the driver amounts owed no later than 10 calendar days after the end of the pay period.
- (3) Transportation network companies may pay drivers by direct deposit or other electronic means on the established payday. If a transportation network makes a payment by mail, any mailed payment must be postmarked no later than the established payday. If the established payday falls on a weekend day or holiday when the business office is not open, mailed paychecks must be postmarked no later than the next business day.
- (4) If any applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance in a locality outside of Washington provides specific payment interval requirements that are more favorable to a driver than the payment interval requirements provided under this rule, that law shall apply.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.46.300(16) and chapter 49.46 RCW. WSR 22-24-034, § 296-128-99040, filed 11/30/22, effective 1/1/23.]