App-Based Worker Deactivation · Office of Labor Standards

Deactivation Compliant

Seattle's App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance took effect on January 1, 2025. If you were deactivated before January 1, 2025, the law does not cover you. For workers deactivated on or after January 1, 2025, it creates rights related to your deactivation if at least 25% of your work was performed in Seattle in the past 180 days or if the incident that caused your deactivation occurred in Seattle.

From January 1, 2025 through May 31, 2027, the law does not allow the Office of Labor Standards (OLS) to enforce certain parts of the law. During this period, OLS can only enforce whether a network company followed certain procedures required by the law. OLS cannot investigate whether a company deactivated a worker for a permissible reason until June 1, 2027.

Based on the information you provided, either you are not covered because your deactivation occurred before January 1, 2025 or the steps the company took to deactivate you appear to comply with the parts of the law OLS is currently able to investigate. If you were deactivated on or after January 1, 2025 and believe your deactivation is unwarranted, you have the right first, to appeal your deactivation through the company's internal deactivation challenge procedure. It is important to do this within 90 days after you receive notice of your deactivation. And second, you have the right to bring a private lawsuit after receiving the company's initial response to your appeal or 14 days after you submit your appeal to the company.

If you haven't yet challenged your deactivation through the company's internal process, one of OLS' partners, the Fair Work Center, may be able to help guide you through the company's challenge procedure. Fair Work Center also may be able to assist with filing a claim in small claims court. You can reach Fair Work Center at fairworkcenter.org.

For more information about OLS, the App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance, or other laws OLS enforces, please visit https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards/ordinances. If you believe you were deactivated because you tried to access your rights or complained to the company about your rights under other laws that OLS enforces such as the App-Based Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance or the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, you can file a complaint with OLS using the Worker Inquiry Form.