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What is NYC AC § 20-1523?

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This section mandates that delivery services cannot charge fees to contracted delivery workers for payment methods and requires timely payment for work performed. It outlines the necessity for delivery services to provide detailed compensation statements to workers. Applies to delivery services and contracted delivery workers in New York City.

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§ 20-1523 Payments to workers.

AC § 20-1523

a. A delivery service shall not charge or impose any fee on a contracted delivery worker retained by such service for the use of any form of payment selected by such service to pay such worker for work performed. b.

1.A delivery service shall pay a contracted delivery worker retained by such service for work performed no less frequently than once per pay period. A delivery service shall pay all compensation, including any gratuity, owed to such contracted delivery worker for a pay period no later than 7 calendar days after the date on which such pay period ends.

2.It shall be unlawful for a delivery service or any person to fail to distribute to a contracted delivery worker any portion of any gratuity. c.

3.A delivery service shall retain a copy of any statement required by this subdivision for a period of at least 3 years in a form and manner the department may specify by rule. During such 3 year period, a contracted delivery worker may request a copy of any such statement provided to such contracted delivery worker by a delivery service. Such delivery service shall provide such a copy no less than 3 business days following such request. (L.L. 2021/116, 10/24/2021, eff. 4/22/2022; Am. L.L. 2021/118, 10/24/2021, eff. 4/22/2022; Am. L.L. 2025/113, 8/13/2025, eff. 1/26/2026; Am. L.L. 2025/123, 9/10/2025, eff. 1/26/2026) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/118 and L.L. 2025/123.

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