Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 8, August 19, 2024
Section 181C.03 - [As Added by 2023Minn. Laws, ch.65 ] MINIMUM COMPENSATION(a) All fees provided in this section must be calculated on a per-trip or biweekly basis and may not be combined.(b) Minimum compensation paid by a TNC to a driver shall be as follows:(1) for all trips that start in the seven-county metropolitan area, at least $1.45 per mile and $0.34 per minute, subject to paragraph (f), for the time transporting a rider; or(2) for all trips that start outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, at least $1.25 per mile and $0.34 per minute, subject to paragraph (f), for the time transporting a rider; and(3) if a cancellation occurs after the driver has already departed to pick up a rider the TNC must provide 80 percent of the cancellation fee to the driver;(4) a $1.25 per mile and $0.10 per minute fee if the TNC charges a fee for a long pickup. The fee reverts to normal after the pickup; and(5) a minimum fee of $5.00 for any transportation of a rider by a driver.(c) A TNC that uses its software or collection technology to collect fees or fares must pay a driver the fees or fares earned by the driver, regardless of whether the fees or fares are actually collected.(d) A TNC may pay a driver the compensation required under this section over a reasonable pay period not to exceed 14 calendar days.(e) A TNC must provide a driver all tips that a rider provides to the applicable driver on the driver's next payment. (f) Beginning July 1, 2024, and each July 1 thereafter, the minimum compensation amounts under paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (4), must be adjusted annually by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the United States Department of Labor.Added by 2023 Minn. Laws, ch. 65,s 2, eff. 7/1/2023.