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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 989
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5083
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING BA SIC LABOR STANDARDS FOR
TRANSPORTATION NETWO RK COMPANY DRIVERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) A transportation network 1
company shall pay each transportation network company driver not 2
less than seventy-five per cent of the money collected from each rider 3
for each prearranged ride completed, and shall not keep more than 4
twenty-five per cent of the total moneys collected for any 5
transportation network company driver on any day. As used in this 6
section, "prearranged ride", "rider", "transportation network company" 7
and "transportation network company driver" have the same meaning 8
as provided in section 13b-116 of the general statutes. 9
(b) A transportation network company shall not discriminate in any 10
manner against a transportation network company driver or group of 11
drivers on account of participation in discussions regarding, 12
organizing or advocating for, in any manner, better treatment by, or 13
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(c) (1) If a transportation network company violates any provision of 15
subsection (a) of this section, an affected transportation network 16
company driver may recover, in a civil action, twice the amount owed 17
to the driver by the transportation network company, and may also 18
recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. 19
(2) If a transportation network company violates any provision of 20
subsection (b) of this section, an affected transportation network 21
company driver may recover, in a civil action, compensatory and 22
punitive damages, and may also recover reasonable attorneys' fees and 23
costs. 24
(d) Each transportation network company operating in this state 25
shall, on a quarterly basis, report to the Commissioner of 26
Transportation the total number of prearranged rides completed by its 27
transportation network company drivers during the quarter, the total 28
amount of money collected from riders for such rides and the total 29
amount of money paid to its transportation network company drivers 30
for such prearranged rides. 31
(e) The Labor Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this 32
section. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
LAB Joint Favorable