SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120706

• Record No: CB 120706
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 120706
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126953
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of network companies; imposing license and fee requirements on network companies; adding a new Chapter 6.700 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 3.15.007 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Amendment 1 to CB 120706, 3. Amendment 2 to CB 120706, 4. Amendment 3 to CB 120706, 5. Amendment 4 to CB 120706, 6. Amendment 5 to CB 120706, 7. Amendment 6 to CB 120706, 8. Amendment 7 to CB 120706, 9. Amendment 8 to CB 120706, 10. Signed Ordinance 126953, 11. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/1/2023	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/1/2023	2	Mayor	returned
12/1/2023	2	Mayor	Signed
11/29/2023	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
11/21/2023	2	City Council	passed	Pass
11/15/2023	1	Select Budget Committee	pass as amended	Pass
11/14/2023	1	Select Budget Committee	discussed
11/7/2023	1	City Council	referred
11/2/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
11/1/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of network companies; imposing license and fee requirements on network companies; adding a new Chapter 6.700 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 3.15.007 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, network companies use an online-enabled application or platform to connect customers with app-based workers, present offers to app-based workers through a worker platform, and/or facilitate the provision of services for compensation by app-based workers; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 40,000 app-based workers perform services in furtherance of offers that are facilitated or presented by network companies in Seattle, including workers who are Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC), immigrants, workers with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+), and single parents; and
WHEREAS, network companies rely on business models that treat app-based workers as independent contractors who are not covered by local, state, or federal workplace employee protections; and
WHEREAS, a 2021 Pew Research Center study found that 16 percent of American adults earned compensation from app-based work, and the rates were higher for BIPOC workers; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that Black and Latinx workers are overrepresented among app-based workers, comprising almost 42 percent of app-based workers but less than 29 percent of the overall labor force; and
WHEREAS, BIPOC workers face unique barriers to economic insecurity and disproportionately must accept low-wage, unsafe, and insecure working conditions; and
WHEREAS, BIPOC workers have long been heavily concentrated in exploitative industries; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") is a leader on wage, labor, and workforce practices that seek to eliminate racial disparities and achieve racial equity, improve workers' lives, support ec...