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District of Columbia Code Division VIII. General Laws. § 48-655. Report by Mayor.

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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(a) The Mayor shall study the working conditions of food delivery workers and issue a report to the Council no later than July 1, 2025.

(b) In conducting the study, the Mayor may coordinate with any agency, organization, or office that can assist in the study and shall consult with all relevant stakeholders, including consumers of varying socioeconomic backgrounds, restaurants, other merchants of varying types and sizes, and third-party meal delivery platforms.

(c) The Mayor may retain a third-party organization to assist in the study;  provided, that the organization has experience in developing and administering studies, analyzing large data sets, and conducting focus groups or other qualitative research.

(d) The study shall include, at a minimum:

(1) Consideration of the pay food delivery workers receive and the methods by which such pay is determined;

(2) The total income food delivery workers earn, the expenses incurred by food delivery workers, the equipment required to perform their work, the hours of work of food delivery workers, including the variability in their hours;

(3) The extent to which the food delivery workers are engaged in performing work for more than one platform or other parties, the average mileage of a trip, the extent to which food delivery workers decline offers or assignments of a trip, the mode of travel used by the workers, the safety conditions of food delivery workers, including the frequency with which they have coverage for injuries, the availability of bathrooms during working hours, the transparency of trip routes and pay;

(4) The benefits food delivery workers are able to access through this type of work or from other sources;

(5) The desirability to food delivery workers of the creation of a system of benefits that would be portable across third-party meal delivery platforms or other freelance work platforms (commonly known as “gig economy” platforms);

(6) The reasons food delivery workers choose food delivery work over other types of work;  and

(7) Other topics the Mayor considers necessary or appropriate.

(e) The study shall sample a sufficient number of food delivery workers to ensure the results are statistically reliable, and samples shall be representative of the food delivery workers who deliver in the District, with a particular focus on food delivery workers who live in the District.

(f) The Mayor may request or issue subpoenas for the production of data, documents, and other information from a third-party meal delivery platform or other party relating to food delivery workers, including:

(1) Worker identification;

(2) Information about the times that food delivery workers are available to work for a third-party meal delivery platform;

(3) The predominant mode of transportation;

(4) How trips are offered or assigned to food delivery workers;

(5) The data the third-party meal delivery platforms generally maintain relating to the trips of the food delivery workers;

(6) The compensation the food delivery workers receive from a third-party meal delivery platform, including any gratuities the workers may receive;

(7) Information relating to both completed and cancelled trips;

(8) Agreements with or policies covering the food delivery workers;

(9) The contact information of the food delivery workers;

(10) Information relating to the setting of fees paid by food service establishments and consumers;  and

(11) Any other information considered relevant by the Mayor.

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